Case Scenario Exercises

Scenario 8.1

An owner of a small business purchased Windows Server 2003, installed it on his best computer, and configured it to be the domain controller on his network. He has eight other computers in his office, and he was able to successfully connect all of them to the domain except for two. Of the following choices, which would cause the two computers not to be installed?

1. The two computers are running Microsoft Windows 98.

2. The two computers are running Microsoft Windows Me.

3. The two computers are running Windows XP Home Edition.

4. The two computers are running Windows 2000 Server.

Scenario 8.2

A user of a small office workgroup has returned from a weeklong vacation. She boots her computer, and everything seems to be functional. As the day progresses, she accesses data from a workgroup file server, and she prints to a network printer. Later she tries to access another workgroup resource, a printer that is attached to a user’s computer in the office upstairs, but she receives an error that the printer cannot be found. She reports that the Ethernet cable is connected and the NIC has a green light, and that she can access other resources on the network. What is the first thing you should do?

1. Check the status of the network router.

2. Check the status of the computer upstairs.

3. Ping the computer’s loopback address.

4. Use the tracert command at a command prompt to view the route and possible packet losses.