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CompTIA Network+ Certification

A full route to CompTIA Network+: the current objectives, a baseline and dated plan, daily subnetting and port drills, topic work across all five domains, packet captures, performance-based practice, booking, exam day and what comes next.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CompTIA Network+ Certification, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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CompTIA Network+ Certification

Studying for CompTIA Network+: networking concepts, infrastructure, operations, security and troubleshooting, with subnetting drills and a home lab.

  1. Deciding whether Network+ is the right next exam
  2. Current Network+ exam objectives and gap map
  3. Baseline practice test scored by domain
  4. Dated twelve-week Network+ study plan
  5. Choosing a main course and a second source
  6. Network+ notebook organised by objective
  7. Minimal tool kit for Network+ practice
  8. Binary and hexadecimal conversion basics
  9. Two protected study blocks every week
  10. Ten-minute daily subnetting drill
  11. Ports and protocols flashcard deck
  12. Weekly wrong-answer review
  13. Weekly hands-on lab session
  14. Monthly timed full practice exam
  15. Domain score log and monthly plan reset
  16. Weekly troubleshooting scenario practice
  17. OSI model and encapsulation with real examples
  18. IPv4 subnetting and VLSM to exam speed
  19. IPv6 addressing and transition methods
  20. Routing concepts and protocol comparison
  21. Switching, VLANs and spanning tree
  22. Wireless standards, channels and coverage
  23. DHCP, DNS and NTP in practice
  24. Cabling, connectors and the physical layer
  25. Cloud networking and modern network design
  26. Network security concepts and hardening
  27. Network operations, monitoring and recovery
  28. Command line troubleshooting cheat sheet
  29. Reading packet captures for common protocols
  30. Performance-based question practice
  31. Choosing test centre or online proctored delivery
  32. Buying the exam voucher at the right price
  33. Weak domain remediation sprint
  34. Exam technique and time management
  35. Accommodations and English-language extension request
  36. Choosing the follow-on exam (Security+, CCNA or other)
  37. Booking the Network+ exam date
  38. Full dress rehearsal practice exam
  39. Final two-week Network+ revision plan
  40. Exam day check-in and logistics
  41. Certificate, badge and CV update after the pass
  42. Network+ alongside a college or university course
  43. Help desk technician moving into a network role
  44. Career changer studying evenings around family
  45. Software or systems engineer filling networking gaps
  46. Employer-sponsored Network+ with a training budget
  47. Retake plan after a failed attempt
  48. Lab write-up portfolio for network job applications
  49. Volunteer network review for a small organisation
  50. Running a Network+ study group

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Deciding whether Network+ is the right next exam

Network+ is vendor-neutral, so it suits people who need to understand networks in general before committing to one vendor's kit, but someone already configuring Cisco switches at work may get more from going straight to CCNA, and someone heading for a security role may want Security+ first.

First tasks

  • Save five job adverts for roles you want in the next two years
  • Highlight every certification each advert names
  • Compare Network+, CCNA and Security+ against those adverts
  • Write down whether you are sitting Network+ and why

Current Network+ exam objectives and gap map

CompTIA revises Network+ roughly every three years, and study guides, videos and question banks for the previous exam code stay on sale long after it retires. Downloading the official objectives for the current code (N10-009 at the time of writing) and scoring yourself against every line stops you studying retired content and shows where the real gaps are.

First tasks

  • Download the current Network+ objectives from the CompTIA website
  • Note the exam code, domains and retirement date on page one of your notebook
  • Score every objective from one to three for confidence
  • List your ten weakest objectives as first study targets

Baseline practice test scored by domain

Most people overestimate what they know about networking because they use networks every day, and a cold practice test early on corrects that in an hour. Taking one before studying, and breaking the score down by domain, gives you a starting line to measure progress against and tells you how long the plan really needs to be.

First tasks

  • Choose a full-length practice test built for the current exam code
  • Sit it cold with a timer and no notes
  • Record the score for each domain in your notebook
  • Tag every wrong answer with the objective it tests

Make it yours.

Install CompTIA Network+ Certification, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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