Comptia Network +

N00bie · 12 Aug 2011 at 07:27

Hey Guys,

Doing this exam in the coming month, and finally got me cisco ccna booked.
Can anyone let me know is the N+ hard, ive not studied on this much just the cisco stuff.
Should this be ok or would i need to spend some time revising on this?

Beerbaron · 12 Aug 2011 at 07:54

I passed the n+ exam a few years back and it is different from the Cisco stuff. N+ is non vendor specific and covers a broad area of networking, some being quite old. I would definitely recommend revising for it. The exam has more than likely changed since i took it.

moss · 12 Aug 2011 at 08:38

The Cisco study alone wont be enough to pass the N+, its not stupidly hard but you will definitely need to revise. It covers a fair range of topics including stuff about routing protocols which go beyond the scope of the CCNA.

Mr-White · 12 Aug 2011 at 09:00

The CCNA will cover part of the networking fundamentals but you'll need to cover more than the CCNA. I've read through the material for both. Every body I know that's done the N+ exam recommends Mike Myers N+

MW

Skidilliplop · 12 Aug 2011 at 10:20

moss said:
The Cisco study alone wont be enough to pass the N+, its not stupidly hard but you will definitely need to revise. It covers a fair range of topics including stuff about routing protocols which go beyond the scope of the CCNA.

I'd have said quite the opposite. The N+ I started was generally viewed as a lead-on to CCNA because it didn't cover the more advanced stuff like the various types of spanning tree, link aggregation, Link state routing protocols etc. There was a lot of legacy stuff in it too (seemingly that's just compTIA because my A+ course was still talking about ISA slots)

That said, don't assume because you've done a bit of CCNa you'll pass because Cisco teach things from a very specific angle which doesn't always tie up with vendor-neutral certs.