You are the network administrator of Company. Company has four branch offices, two in California and two in Nevad

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• APlan a series replication model. Configure all of the WINS servers as push/pull partners.
• BPlan a loop replication model. Configure the WINS servers as pull partners with its neighbors.
• CPlan a hub-and-spoke replication model. Configure the hub as a push partner with the other
• DPlan a hub-and-spoke replication model. Configure all of the hubs and all of the spokes as

• A
  15% (8)
• B
  4% (2)
• C
  8% (4)
• D
  73% (38)

Explanation

Explanation: The elapsed time between the failure of the router and its removal from the other routers' routing tables is the convergence period. On a WINS server a push partner sends messages to all its pull partners whenever the database changes, causing the pull partners to request an update. A pull partner issues requests to its push partners for database records with version numbers higher than the number of the last record it received during the previous replication. The hub and spoke network topology means that all network devices must be plugged into a central hub or switch. Thus if all the hubs and all the spokes are configured as push/pull partners with each other you will keep convergence to a minimum. Incorrect answers: A: Connecting the horizontal networks in series would require packets to pass through a separate router for each network they traverse. You need a hub and spoke replication model to minimize convergence time and not a series replication model. B: A loop cannot have more than two servers and as such cannot service the company adequately insofar as a network topology is concerned. C: With only the hub as push partner with the other WINS server, you will not have the least convergence time. 2003: Administrator's Companion, Microsoft Press, Redmond, 2004, Chapter 3, p. 31 Craig Zacker, Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Microsoft Press, Redmond, 2004, Chapter 15, p. 48

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