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How accurate is Mike Meyer's simulation exam? I've taken it a few times and normally hit 80-85% answers, but I'm noticing I'm hitting the same questions over and over, and it's no longer any good for me to use as I basically know the answers to those specific questions. I'm kind of afraid to drop the money on the A+ exam just to fail it. Is it harder/the same? I have to brush back up on my laser printers and my monitor screen sizes if his exam is any indication of what I have to look forward to.
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Corvettefisher posted:Don't study the sim exam study the book and the material. I'm not, but I'm trying to use it to gauge my ability to take the exam. But that purpose is waning because the questions aren't very varied. That's why I'm asking to see if I'm ready for this stupid exam or not.
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Jun 24, 2013 05:00
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Are there any good websites that will give some homework-type problems to practice on? Right now I'm shooting for the Net+, and I learn better by actually doing problems.
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Jan 22, 2015 21:43
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Are there any good places to get practice with subnetting? Maybe have the question then have the answer worked through? I kind of get subnetting, but I need to practice it so I can get good.
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Mar 3, 2015 21:15
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Jelmylicious posted:This doesn't give you a step by step, but it will give you endless randomised subnetting questions : http://subnettingquestions.com Perfect! It's not the step by step I need (I can reference notes), but the practice. I'll learn to do it the hard way before doing cheat sheets. I just need to do it over and over until I get good.
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Mar 4, 2015 14:41
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UserErr0r posted:I could use some advice, if this thread is the appropriate place: http://certification.comptia.org/stayCertified.aspx That's CompTIA's renewal policies. A lot of the higher level stuff will renew the lower level stuff automatically. This is a list of "other" certifications and their CE values for various CompTIA certs. If you recert as a Sec+ it will renew your A+ (And your Net+ if you had one), but the Net+ will not renew the Sec+ (But will renew the A+). It may be better to get the Net+ for now and use the Sec+ to renew the Net+ later on down the line. e: and the way CompTIA works, you only renew the "highest" level certification, and everything below it automatically renews as well. Gothmog1065 fucked around with this message at 16:51 on Mar 9, 2015 |
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Mar 9, 2015 16:49
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UserErr0r posted:I should clarify: I'm just in need of opinions on whether or not it's worth renewing (or getting new) certifications when there's not much money on hand at the moment. IF you're looking into a job into those fields, yes. Renew your Net+ (Go get it, so you have 3) and put your Sec+ on your resume as well, if they ask, just say it went out, and you're going to renew it next, you just wanted to add another certification on top of it.
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Mar 11, 2015 16:24
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How hard am I underestimating the Net+ exam? I'm going to work on memorizing OSI (Physcial, Network, something something something application  ) most of the ports and their functions (And whether they should be UDP/TCP), and brush up on my subnetting again. I found the A+ a breeze and had no issues with it and passed it quite easily. Am I underestimating the Net+? Is there anything else I should be look to focus on before I drop the cash (and before they update to pushing IPv6 harder)?
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May 14, 2015 14:44
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Drewcifer913 posted:So, Im a recent college graduate, and I'm looking to start IT work. I didn't major in comp sci, but I minored in bioinformatics which included courses in java, vb, c#, and sql. Does anyone think, with my lack of professional experience, that the A+ and N+ certs will overcome my lack of experience, or would it just be a waste of money? I think the question is "What do you want to do"? IT is an incredibly broad range of job types. If you can code with your Java, VB, c# and SQL, you might try dev work, you normally have to prove you can code, and I don't think there are really any certifications that cover that. If you want to do Network Admin, the A+, N+ and MSCE will go a long ways, if you want to do networking, you probably want to head toward CCNAs as a start. there's more options and loads of certifications, it all depends on what you want to do.
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May 19, 2015 20:28
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:The IT Certification Megathread: Just lie about having the certs if you feel like it I guy I knew did that after getting out of the Navy. "I Had my CCNA but it let it lapse". He refused offers to pay to take his CCNA (He has to pay for up front and he would be reimbursed if he passed). He's now at a community college for "Network Engineering Technology" and "Cyber Security"
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Jun 2, 2015 21:55
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Is there a good way to get a discounted voucher for the Net+? I'm pretty much ready to take it, but my employer isn't doing reimbursement at all, and it is going to be hard to drop $300 on the test right now. If I can get it around $200 I'd probably go ahead and get it.
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Jun 9, 2015 15:43
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So what you guys are saying is to get off my loving rear end and take the Net+ N005 while it's still available.
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Jul 30, 2015 22:10
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Woo, got my Net+ today, barely passed (771, 720 to pass). Now it's time to think about my specialization. I'll probably just hold off on Sec+ until my current is about to expire unless my job demands it. Might look at CCNA next, got the server and the VM all ready to go for a virtual lab. Fun times ahead!
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Aug 14, 2015 17:44
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Race Realists posted:Many congrats. I'm studying myself (off and on, admittedly Professer Messer and Mike Meyer's Net+ book. RightClickSaveAs posted:How much submitting did you get on the Net+ exam? That's one of the things I need to work on. I can do it all by hand if needed, its just... yeah really time consuming. There is very little actual subnetting. I think I had two total questions on subnetting. I spent a decent amount of time working on it and getting the binary math down, but in the end it wasn't that important. Know your command line stuff (I had a bunch of simulations), know OSI and TCP/IP Model (I concentrated too hard on OSI and ignored TCP/IP). HOWEVER, some of that is about to change, I took the N10-005, and it retires on the 31st (That's why I rushed to take it), and I've heard rumors that there are some really off the wall things in the 006, not just IPv6.
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Aug 16, 2015 16:17
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Zeratanis posted:Speaking of Network+. Passed it! Congrats N+ buddy. I wanna do CCENT next, but it's gonna be rough I think for me, I have jack poo poo for experience. Speaking of, is there any good training material that isn't too terribly expensive?
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Aug 21, 2015 01:34
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Sure it isn't CCENT but it still feels nice to pass an exam like that.
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stuntwaffle posted:This may have been answered here already - any word on when the A+ 901/902 is going to be released? I'm studying like a madman and don't want my efforts to go to waste if it's coming soon. Last I looked (In august) It said "soon" which probably means next year. They haven't given an expiration on the 800 series, and they usually give a substantial amount of time to take the test (6 months to a year) from what I've seen. Comptia has started a 3 year test cycle, so it'll probably be valid until next year as the 700 series expired in 2013. As for your question, the guides are already out, and I think it comes out sometime late this year (November I heard somewhere?). Gothmog1065 fucked around with this message at 02:25 on Sep 2, 2015 |
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Sep 2, 2015 02:18
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ChubbyThePhat posted:Didn't that stupid A+ book still go over poo poo like IRQ numbers? Or have they finally updated it to not tell you poo poo you don't need to care about anymore. 800 dropped IRQ/DMA. If you have troubleshooting experience, biggest thing you need to know is the CompTIA way on troubleshooting (Look at the problem, talk about it, talk some more, document your talking, talk about the documentation, think about researching, research, document the research, talk about the documentation of the research, think about applying it....  ) and know a lot of acronyms and what they mean, and if you want to get frisky, memorize all the pins on RAM chips (gently caress that). Know your basic command line stuff (Meyers covers it all), and that's about it. The rest was a cakewalk. I never once "passed" the Meyers test that came with the A+ book, and nailed the poo poo out of the actual exam.
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Sep 24, 2015 15:57
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Am I going to need my lab for the ICDN1? It seems to be more general knowledge focused. I've got a bit before I can get my switch in for my lab, and I"m reading Odom's book for the ICDN1.
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Sep 28, 2015 13:50
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Singh Long posted:So I'm planning on going for the Network+ cert. Anyone know which study guide I should get for the N10-006? I used Mike Meyers for both A+ and Net+. If you want free, Professor Messer is pretty good, he has online video tutorials. Went well with the book I bought.
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Oct 7, 2015 16:03
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Ashley Madison posted:My workmate just passed her CCIE routing and switching lab. She had to drive from Toronto to North Carolina to do it. 8 hours?! I'm so glad I'm an hour and a half from the NC testing site.
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Oct 15, 2015 16:21
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Is there any good resource to test knowledge on the OSI model? I kind of still get crosseyed and look at it wrong, or will I get better at it as I go through Lamelle's book for CCNA?
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Nov 2, 2015 18:25
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ChubbyThePhat posted:It took me forever to remember the encapsulation order... I've got the order down pretty well now, (Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away is pretty much what I use). It's more of what happens on each layer, and the encapsulation order. I'm getting better with it, just wanna make sure It's good and ingrained as I move forward, much like I'm going to stop on subnetting again and make sure I have it really well. Not sure if Lamelle goes over the alternate subnetting methods, but I'll cross that hurdle when I get there.
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Nov 2, 2015 19:32
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oaok posted:I'm gearing up to take my 801 A+ exam in the next month or two. Any thing I should really nail down? I have the majority of the information memorized, just worrying about some curveballs that they didn't include in the objective list. There's nothing really difficult about the A+. Know what a computer is, know CompTIA's steps for troubleshooting (IE: poo poo that never gets used). Knowing RAM and CPU sockets is a pretty good idea too, but I didn't memorize any of that poo poo and passed without any trouble.
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Nov 17, 2015 13:26
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hitachi posted:Did you guys check out Lammle's book as well? That is the one recommended in the OP, just curious if you had seen both and preferred Odom's. I am gonna purchase one here soon and try to take the test next month. I'm currently reading Lammle's book for the CCNA. It's a lot less dry than Odom's book, and seems to be covering stuff well. It has labs too, though I don't think they're quite as nice as odom's.
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Dec 3, 2015 13:40
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I am studying for my CCENT right now, and have a question about subneetting form. Is it considered 'bad form' to write down basic subnetting info each time, or should I have it memorized (Which will come as I continue to use it?) Example: code:
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Dec 4, 2015 14:24
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So, with the way the CE credits work, I know if you get a "higher level" cert for CompTIA, it will re up the ones below it (A+, Net+ Sec+, something at the end). A question came up with a coworker, if you take, say, your Sec+ and your Net/A+ has lapsed, does it renew those, or do you have to retake those cert exams?
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Jan 17, 2016 05:15
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Yeah, my certs are good for another 2 years,. When my N+ comes due, I'll probably renew with Sec+ (Even though I should have my CCNA by then, kind of dumb to pay fees). At some point I'm just going to let my CompTIA certs lapse, probably after my Sec+. However, a coworker's N+ is running out in March or so. Might see if I can get him to rush study the Sec+ to renew, save him a bit of money.
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72.6, laying with both forearms laying on my table, standard asdf space space jkl; and poor posture, with a keyboard that likes to not register spaces. I need a less lovely keyboard. However, I never use my right shift key. If I need to shift A, Q, or Z, I will shift with my pinky and move my ring finger over to use those keys.
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