Review Questions

1:What general steps are required to install a SOHO LAN?
A1: Answer: A SOHO LAN is installed by cabling the facility, installing NICs in each PC host, installing driver programs, configuring the Windows protocol software, defining users, and sharing PC host resources.
2:A DNS server does what?
A2: Answer: Domain Name Service (DNS) translates PC host names into IP addresses.
3:What Windows service is similar to DNS?
A3: Answer: The Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) translates NetBIOS names into IP addresses on a Windows LAN.
4:What SOHO LAN installation task is most often overlooked or left incomplete?
A4: Answer: Documentation is the task that no one wants to do. However, a SOHO LAN that is not documented will be documented the ...

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