Passed my Network+ about an hour ago

biggish

I just passed my Network+, after 6 weeks of hard slug.
The simulation questions were quite confusing though, and there were no subnetting questions either.

Thanks to every one for all your contributions to this forum. It was really helpful, reading all the suggestions, and tips.

Now for the Security+.
Is it more or less difficult?

Ivanjam

Congrats, biggish, on passing Net+.
To me, Sec+ was was a logical continuation of, and the same difficulty as, Net+

Michael2

It's not really all that difficult. Just a lot of memorization. I've never taken the Network+ so I couldn't compare it to that, but I am studying for the A+ and I would definitely say it's less difficult than that. No processing speeds to memorize, no motherboards, no peripherals, no printers, etc.

azmatt

Congrats!

Brandon1981

Congrats buddy!I really didn't think Network+ hit too hard on subnetting either, but Cisco...that's a whole new ballgame . You better know it in and out.Good luck on the Sec+. I still haven't gone after that one yet.

Darril

Congrats on the pass.

With the Network+ behind you, you'll find that you're halfway there to Security+. With the Network+ knowledge and experience passing the exam behind you, you'll probably find that the Security+ exam is less difficult.

As an FYI, the Security+ exam will start having performance based questions (similar in concept to the simulation questions you saw on the Network+ exam) as early as January. This blog gives the timeline for these types of questions in the A+, Network+, and Security+ exams.

Good luck.

Jack2

Congrats on the pass!!

DoubleNNs

Congrats on the pass!!

The Sec+ I thought was ridiculously easy. Just like you, I took it right after taking the Net+. Which helped a lot. After a single read thru of Darril Gibson's book, I scheduled my test and passed w/ a more than decent score.

Whereas the Net+ was more technical, Sec+ is more administrative and conceptual-based. A lot of the content is intuitive and almost common sense. And the names of a lot of the things are almost directly related to their function. Hard to explain but you'll see what i mean one you get deep into studying. I took the assessment test pre-read and got like a 70%.

Luckily for me, the part I considered the hardest - Cryptography - was already familiar to me because I had given a presentation in one of my intro classes a few years back on encryption and hashing.

nestech

Congrats.

On to the next...

shart1971

Congrats on your pass!

Dakinggamer87

Congrats on pass!!

biggish

Thanks for the tips on the Sec +. I plan on taking it in the 4-5 weeks, fingers crossed. Any helpful suggestions on how to best prepare will be greatly appreciated

DoubleNNs

To pass Sec+:

CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-301 Study Guide: Darril Gibson: 9781463762360: Amazon.com: Books

Buy that. Read it. Pass.

Do the assessment test both pre and post read. You'll see how your knowledge base changed. Also note any questions you got wrong both b4 and after reading. Do the practice exam. Make sure you know why the correct answers are correct and why the wrong answers are wrong.

Print out the objectives list and go thru them, making sure you can identify and describe each of the items. Make sure you know your protocols (mostly from Net+) encryption, and hashing.

That book is golden. (At least to me)

TVutth

I am trying to get Network + what are on the test? can you me so clue?

thank

biggish

TVutth wrote: »

I am trying to get Network + what are on the test? can you me so clue?

thank

I was expecting a few subnetting or binary-calculations related questions, but there wasn't any of those. Most of the questions are technical questions that you may expect in real life situations, and also simulations.
Had quite a few questions on OSI, relating to different protocols, and a lot of questions around routers and wireless networking

biggish

DoubleNNs wrote: »

To pass Sec+:

CompTIA Security+: Get Certified Get Ahead: SY0-301 Study Guide: Darril Gibson: 9781463762360: Amazon.com: Books

Buy that. Read it. Pass.

Do the assessment test both pre and post read. You'll see how your knowledge base changed. Also note any questions you got wrong both b4 and after reading. Do the practice exam. Make sure you know why the correct answers are correct and why the wrong answers are wrong.

Print out the objectives list and go thru them, making sure you can identify and describe each of the items. Make sure you know your protocols (mostly from Net+) encryption, and hashing.

That book is golden. (At least to me)

Thanks for the advice. I will get the book soon

powder21

Congrats biggish! Good luck on Sec+

zobrelaroca

Congrats!