Errata

MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-293): Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Network Infrastructure

Errata for MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-293): Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Network Infrastructure

The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".

The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.

Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update

Version Location Description Submitted By Date submitted Date corrected
Printed
Page Feb-39

Bits available to subnet mask 255.0.0.0 should be 8
On page 2-39, exercise 2, step 7 contains incorrect information regarding the subnet mask.Change:



"Check the value in the Length spin box. Notice that the server automatically enters 24 for the subnet mask length. This means that 24 bits of the IP address are allocated to the network address. Eight bits remain for allocating host addresses on the network."



To:



"Check the value in the Length spin box. Notice that the server automatically enters 8 for the subnet mask length. This means that 8 bits of the IP address are allocated to the network address. Twenty four bits remain for allocating host addresses on the network."

Microsoft Press  Jul 13, 2010 
Printed
Page Feb-53

Incorrect number of horizontal LANs
On page 2-53, in the Troubleshooting Lab, problem scenario 2 reads:



"All of the computers on one of the five horizontal LANs fail to obtain IP addresses

from the DHCP server."



It should read:



"All of the computers on one of the four horizontal LANs fail to obtain IP addresses

from the DHCP server."

Microsoft Press  Jul 13, 2010 
Printed
Page Nov-33

"Increasing" should be "Decreasing"
On page 11-33, Answer b to Question 2 of Lesson 2 Review is worded incorrectly and needs to be changed.



Change:



"b. Increasing the certificate's lifetime"



To:



"b. Decreasing the certificate's lifetime"

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Printed
Page CDROM

Readiness Review assessment question incorrect In the Readiness Review Assessment, one of the questions reads: "What is the maximum length of a single DNS domain name? a. 255 Characters b. 15 Characters c. 16 Characters d. 63 Characters" The correct answer given by the assessment is D. 63 Characters. This is incorrect as a single DNS domain name can be up to 255 characters. The question should read: "What is the maximum length of a single DNS domain label. a. 255 Characters b. 15 Characters c. 16 Characters d. 63 Characters" The correct answer would be D. 63 Characters as a domain label can be up to 63 characters in length.

Microsoft Press  May 06, 2010 
Printed
Page Feb-39

End address should be 10.0.0.11 On page 2-39, exercise 2, step 7 contains an incorrect IP address. Change:"In the End Address text box, type 10.0.0.1." To: "In the End Address text box, type 10.0.0.11."

Microsoft Press  May 06, 2010 
Printed
Page Apr-47

Answer c to question 2 is missing On page 4-47, question 2 reads: "2. Which of the following tasks can you not do using the SCW UI? a. Create an SCW policy. b. Apply an SCW policy to a computer." It should read: "2. Which of the following tasks can you not do using the SCW UI? a. Create an SCW policy. b. Apply an SCW policy to a computer. c. Convert (transform) an SCW policy to a GPO."

Microsoft Press  May 06, 2010 
Printed
Page 2-59 & 2-60

Last subnet answers for Lesson 3 practice are incorrect On pages 2-59 & 2-60, the Lesson 3 practice contains incorrect answers to the last subnets for all 3 IP addresses. For 10.0.0.0/19 Change: "5. Last subnet: 10.255.224.1 to 10.255.255.254" To: "5. Last subnet: 10.255.192.1 to 10.255.255.254" For 192.168.214.0/29 Change: "5. Last subnet: 192.168.214.249 to 10.255.214.254" To: "5. Last subnet: 192.168.214.241 to 192.168.214.246" For 172.28.0.0/20 Change: "5. Last subnet: 172.28.240.1 to 172.28.255.254" To: "5. Last subnet: 172.28.224.1 to 172.28.239.254"

Microsoft Press  May 06, 2010 
Printed
Page 8-Jul

2 should be 4
On page 7-8, the first line of the second table in the "Real World" section indicates the incorrect maximum number of processors supported by Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.



Change:

"Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 2 4 GB"

To:

"Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition 4 4 GB"

Microsoft Press  Jul 13, 2010 
Printed
Page 18-Nov

"Increasing" should be "Decreasing" On page 11-18, Answer b to Question 2 of Lesson 2 Review is worded incorrectly and needs to be changed. Change: "b. Increasing the certificate's lifetime" To: "b. Decreasing the certificate's lifetime"

Microsoft Press  May 06, 2010 
Printed
Page 21-Mar

NAT and basic firewall option missing
On page 3-21, Exercise 1 Step 6 is missing an option that needs to be selected in order for the exercise to function correctly.



Change:



"6. Select the LAN Routing check box, and then click Next. The Completing The Routing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard page appears."



To:



"6. Select the LAN Routing and NAT and basic firewall check boxes, and then click Next. The Completing The Routing And Remote Access Server Setup Wizard page appears."

Microsoft Press  Jul 13, 2010