spiderjericho wrote: » I took and passed the Network+ exam today with a score of 840. The only material I used were these rather lean slide shows a coworker had (I think it accompanies one of the unofficial study guides). Wait, I did also do the practice test on this site. But the title is a little misleading, as I took the exam back in 2006 and passed with a pretty high score. I merely took it just to get transfer credit to WGU (which I would like to start in the fall). After taking the test today, I'd say IT/network administrator that has 2+ years of experience will not have difficulty with the exam. It's pretty simple: OSI Reference Model Protocols/Ports Subnetting Intermediate Devices (routers, switches, repeaters, hubs, bridges, WAPs) some security converged networks (VoIP and video) Some knowledge of network operating systems Network Troubleshooting tools Approaches to troubleshooting. I didn't read any book, but I hear the Mike Meyers or the Sybex books are good. The slide shows I looked at pretty much reviewed things I knew except for RCP/SCP and a few other things. The questions I had a problem with were the questions on MDF/IDF, WAP throughput and some of CompTIA's terminology (example Link Aggregation isn't referred to as link aggregation like Cisco or VM). Next, I plan on taking the 2008 Security+ if I can get my employer to pay for it.
