It kinda overlapped. I took a N+ course at the beginning of year and failed the test. Retook the test 2 weeks later and passed. Started a Sec+ bootcamp 4 days later and took that test this morning. A lot of N+ stuff covered what I needed to know for Sec+ i.e. OSI layer, ports, and select protocols.
What was the course and boot camp you took?
N+ was a company called Freewater Technology (5 day) and Sec+ was with CBTXpress (3 day).
CongratsPassed Sec+ today
I’m not sure how much it’s changing but I believe there is a new CCNA test going into effect after Feb. 24. I don’t think you can even take the old exam anymore unless you already bought a voucher. My unit is sending myself and a few others to a 2 week CCNA course in June. They figure the instructors will have had a decent amount of time to learn the new material and take a few of the exams to get a feel for it.
got my ccna, taking ccna sec friday b4 the new ones come out lmao, NO DO CCNA 1ST THEN AWS...cloud is just an abstraction of wired networking...i've worked in aws for 5 years no certs but my ccna is the knowledge that made it all easy to understand, also aws is cloud platform so u need to networking, sdlc, serverless apps, containerization, security/iam(rbac) and a whole lot more, standing up an ec2 linux box is useful but I would focus on ccna, if its too hard do network+ 1st, I did: (a lot of this is basically sequential knowledge anyways), once u understand subnetting like the back of ur hand everything gets easier and you can focus on the routing/switching concepts easier. I use/am using CBT Nuggets, INE.com, Pearson Vue, Pluralsight, Boson Netsim & Boson Ex-Sim Max and just YT videos and reddit and good ol google searching...use multiple sources, diff ppl can explain certain topics better for you
Hey, thanks for the well drawn out explanation!! I'm a try that network+ route first, then work my way to the CCNA. So that list you put, is that all the certs you have in order?
yup
just start anywhere on YT, search things such as "ccna course" "200-125" new ones dropping soon but doesn't matter just dive on in
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been using pcs since i was 5-7yrs old, msdos alladat, netscape, gateway pcs...worked in IT since 18, 31 now lol
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What is the controversy? Is this related to A+?
Right to repair laws are legislation that advocate for the consumer to be able to repair their own devices instead of having to go straight to the manufacturer or their authorized agents which are really expensive. Advocates of the legislation feel that manufacturers should provide access to the parts and service information needed to repair modern gadgets . CompTIA is against this. With CompTIA being a major avenue in which people become technicians, you'd think they be in support of such legislation. But they aren't. They're actively lobbying against this type of legislation. This would affect computer technicians as well as the wallets of people who want to get their devices fixed in a cost effective manner
