4.6. Determining the Impact of Modifying, Adding, or Removing Network Services

As we discussed in Chapter 2, there are many network services in a typical network, without which the network would not function well or may not function at all. Depending on the type of service and the type of network, removing, adding, or modifying a service could have a huge impact or none at all. You should understand the purpose of most common network services and thereby understand the impact of a change in that service.

4.6.1. Critical Information

Given a scenario, you should be able to determine the impact of modifying, adding, or removing a network service such as DHCP, DNS, or WINS. In this section, we discuss the influence that each of these services has ...

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