CompTIA Network+

Fatboyuk2 · 3 Jul 2010 at 22:27

CompTIA Network+ my dream job is a Network Administrator i have a network at home and i wood like to go pro with it

Raumarik · 3 Jul 2010 at 22:35

What do you think being a network administrator involves? Just curious as it's a fairly generic title as are most in I.T.

JHeaton · 3 Jul 2010 at 22:39

Fatboyuk2 said:
CompTIA Network+ my dream job is a Network Administrator i have a network at home and i wood like to go pro with it

What exactly do you mean when you say "network administrator"? What do you think that covers, specifically?

scorza · 3 Jul 2010 at 22:40

Is this thread supposed to be asking a question about the CompTIA Network+ qualification or did you just feel like telling us about your dreams?

chrisxuk · 3 Jul 2010 at 22:41

Cool story, bro.

tntcoder · 3 Jul 2010 at 22:42

I see, how very insightful.

SoundsGood · 3 Jul 2010 at 22:45

edit: decided not spam despite my boredom.

Fatboyuk2 · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:05

day to day runing of a network

JHeaton · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:08

Fatboyuk2 said:
day to day runing of a network

That's not very specific.

But I assume you mean managing servers,workstations etc. and dealing with user/email accounts, filtering software and the like? In which case, I don't think the Network+ would be the way to go. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.

tntcoder · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:09

Fatboyuk2 said:
day to day runing of a network

I would consider the Cisco certification path instead, they will be more valuable in the long run than the vendor neutral CompTIA.

Unless you have no experience or formal education in IT that is.

Fatboyuk2 · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:10

i am new to this JHeaton yes

JHeaton · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:12

Fatboyuk2 said:
i am new to this JHeaton yes

Okay. In that case, you'd probably be better off looking at either a combination of A+ and Server+ from CompTIA or, perhaps better, a BTEC or NVQ in an IT Practitioner-type area, to get you started out. In fact, without previous experience, I'd say the latter is definitely the way to go. Jumping in to the other two might be a bit tough if you're new to that kind of thing, even with accompanying training courses.

Fatboyuk2 · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:13

ok thank

Nor · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:20

Network+ is pretty straight-forward. View it as prep for the CCNA.

My advice on the Network+ is to buy the book, read it from cover to cover, and use online tutorials for extra info.

Pawnless Endgame · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:33

Have you taken your CompTIA A+ yet? Network+ is a lot harder.

Fatboyuk2 · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:39

no a+looks to easy

Fatboyuk2 · 3 Jul 2010 at 23:41

going go get the book

Fatboyuk2 · 4 Jul 2010 at 00:02

mite do the CompTIA A+ furst

BoomAM · 4 Jul 2010 at 00:53

JHeaton said:
What exactly do you mean when you say "network administrator"? What do you think that covers, specifically?

Thats a good point tbh.
'Network Administrator' in industry typically means infrastructure work.
However if your refering to 'Windows Administrator', which would be someone who administers the Windows Servers, then thats entirely different.
To further confuse things, some places refer to their 'top bod' as 'Network Manager', which would entail everything with a plug on it.

Either way, im not entirely certain a CompTIA A+ would be all that useful if you want to get into, i suspect, Windows Administration. You'd be better off looking at MS quals imo.

Schizophonic · 4 Jul 2010 at 01:24

In before lock.