Starting my Network + studying

D20

Hey everyone,
I just started my journey. I'm excited to see where it goes and I'm hoping a learn a ton along the way!!!
I probably won't try to take the certification test for a 9 months to a year. I work full time and have a family, so I am on a steady diet of waking up at 4am to get my studying in for the day.

Materials I have:
Mike Meyer's book
Professor Messer's Notes printed out
Jason Dion's coarse on Udemy and his Practice Tests
Craig Zacker's Test Book

Here is to learn and further my education!

itdept

All the best! You can probably do the exam in about 6 months time

D20

itdept said:

All the best! You can probably do the exam in about 6 months time

I hope you are right. I’m trying to get in about 1-3 hours of study time per day. 

I should also add I purchased an app so that I can quiz myself and also have Flashcards I can go through as well. 

I’m excited to learn more that will help me with my job!

Johnhe0414

itdept said:

All the best! You can probably do the exam in about 6 months time

I agree, six months should be a good time frame for this test - God Luck

Ambrosius

Hey ! Although I should make a more complete post on my "case". Let me give you some tips that helped me pass with 812 on my first try as I had no Networking experience 3 months before studying. 

Just take notes! 

I see you passed A+ and Security+, so I won't have a lot of tips to give you but this precious one. Indeed, as I had no experience in Networking and N10-007 was my first certification exam ever, I decided to be very cautious about my study plan. 

What I did is simply to take every subject from every domain and write it in my own words in order to see if I understood it. (please note that I used the same materials as you). 
I did it with the mentality of : "Try to explain it to a children, then to an adult and finally to a professional in IT."

Now I have a complete folder of almost 60 pages. All I have done is paper and pen work, I think I remember better by writing the old fashion way  

For the PBQs, well you see how it goes, but in all honesty I found them super easy... just to say. 

Wishing you the best of luck! 

D20

Hey everyone,
well I took a long break and got my isc2 CC, and my Google Certified in Cybersecurity Certs, as well as some Proofpoint Certs and now have come back to studying again for the Net+ exam. 

I still have updated study materials and have added Measureup to the list as well. I’ve started over with the Udemy Jason Dion coarse. After I plan on doing Professor Messers, then Measureup and then I plan on maybe looking at some practice exams afterwards.

Hoping that I can get this one under my belt in about 6 months time. I can probably get 2-3 hours a day study time between work, family, etc. 

Hoping I can learn a lot on this one and have fun at the same time!

JDMurray

FYI:

• The new CompTIA Network+ exam (N10-009) is scheduled for public release on June 20, 2024.
• The current N+ exam (N10-008) is slated for retirement in December 2024.

D20

JDMurray said:

FYI:

• The new CompTIA Network+ exam (N10-009) is scheduled for public release on June 20, 2024.
• The current N+ exam (N10-008) is slated for retirement in December 2024.

I really appreciate you posting this. I need to schedule the N10-008 then pronto! That is the test I have been studying for. I may just go ahead and pay for the test and free re-take if I can get one. 

D20

Does that mean I'll have until December 2024 to still pass the exam?

JDMurray

N10-008 will be available to take until December 2024. Keep your eye on the Network+ page or pearsonvue.com to see when the last day to test is made known. 

D20

Many thanks for the response. I’ll need to reach out to Comptia to make sure that I can still take the N10-008

JDMurray

There are no prerequisites. Anyone who pays the exam fee can take the exam.

raleighbluetech

Just be sure you're prepared before you actually take it. You don't want to whip it more cash just to retake it.

D20

Just wanted to report I passed my Net+ just a moment ago!!!! I'm so happy and this completes my A+, Net+, Sec+ journey!
I didn't think the exam was too hard. It did have some tricky questions and one of the PBQs was tough!
On to CISSP next!

JDMurray

Noice and congratz! This was 008 or 009?

D20

It was the 008
i was able to still take it. 

Abiodun1991

Yes you can take it