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Starting to study for network+ this weekend. I was wondering whose course between Jason Dion and Professor Messer is overall better? I used Professor Messer to earn Security+, but I had heard good things from Dion. Please let me know y’all’s opinions.

Edit: or maybe suggest other courses?

What is the best way to prepare for A+? I was looking into Jason Dion’s Udemy course but I’m hearing a lot of mixed reviews.

So i am a 22 year old male currently studying for my comptia A+ Exam. And i have 1 year experience at my job and have 2 more classes in my degree.

Also have built a whole domain controller,helpdesk, web page, email and wiki in virtual machines.

I installed the mobile app for comptia practice questions. Should I book my exam in a month from now considering im getting 80 percent average on the 10 question daily quizzes and how much experience I actually do have?

Man these exams are really expensive but is there any promo codes for sec+ exams

I had 78 questions. 4 PBQ’s, 1 Simulation. The PBQ's seemed straightforward, not trying to trick you.

Think like a Senior Level Architect, not a manager. Look for the most secure option, that is also the most straightforward and a solution not a workaround. Closest thing to on the job knowledge as far as CompTIA exams go *imo*

In typical CompTIA format, don’t get overwhelmed with the lengthy logs and scenarios. Read the entire question, look at the options, go back to the question and look for key words such as “environmental”, “first”, “most”, “primary”, “cloud”, “email”… I found a few of the scenarios put me deep in the weeds reading logs and then read the question presented at the bottom, the answer was straightforward.

You have to know your basic Linux commands and what they do.

I highly recommend that whatever study options you choose, go through the entire official CompTIA objectives in each domain. KNOW YOUR ACRONYMS. Literally look at every abbreviation in the list of objectives and know what it stands for. More than a few of the questions only used the acronyms as possibilities (OCSP, PFS, DMS…). Doing this right before the exam saved me on 2 questions; regarding an acronym that I happen to see on the official objective, but never noticed during my studies.

Good Luck Fellow Redditors! Take your time answering the questions. You Got This 😊

I’m trying to figure out the best study plan for the Network+ exam and could use some advice from people who’ve passed it.

Right now I have access to any Udemy course as well as the CompTIA resources (Certmaster Learn, Perform, Practice, etc). I’ve gone through Jason Dion’s content once, but I’m realizing I probably zoned out more than I thought, it’s been a busy few months and I’m usually mentally drained after work (I’m an IT tech and I recently received a promotion so I’m learning that too).

Here are my current practice test scores:

• Jason Dion practice test: 58%
• B.2.7 Network+ practice: 63%
• B.2.6 practice: 62%

My weakest domains:

• Network Implementations: 47%
• Network Troubleshooting: 57%
• Network Operations: inconsistent — I either get 45% or 65%

I’m planning to make flashcards and go back through the content, but I’m not sure what the most efficient study plan is from here. I’ve only had time/energy for one full practice exam at home. I currently am making flash cards for the 802.11 standards, OSI model and ports. I am going to review the acronyms a few times from the exam objectives.

If anyone has a structured plan or advice for how to improve these weak areas, I’d really appreciate it. I need to take the exam at the end of the week this week or early next week so I have a chance to retake it before my course ends at the end of the month. Thanks everyone!

in the exam, do you get any material for subnetting or is it all memorization just like other exams? im unsure how much time i should really spend on it as i feel like im guessing about 20% of it. nor do i think its worth it to memorize all binary bits. any advice?

Im 30. I’ve been using computers since I was probably 7 or 8 years old but never really took it much further than dabbling in a very little bit of coding and messing around with my home network that kind of thing. I’ve been learning and playing with VMware recently as well as a tiny bit of Linux.

College Program is called Cloud and Information Systems. I’m planning on starting to study for the tech+ exam and getting my AWS Cloud practioner cert by the start of September.

Just looking for some friendly advice. Thanks.