Today’s covering of Network++ is the Security end of things. Networking and Security go hand in hand, and as someone who spent a chunk of his career studying for security [Let’s just call it the Security++], a lot of this is recap for me, but definitely good to know, especially in a networking context!
Part of preparing for the CCNA is one of the basic rules of war – Know Your Opponent. It’s a Networking exam, so showing up with passable knowledge of the Network+ is what I’d consider showing up with shirt and pants, and i’m not sure that would get you by. I go through material and documentation sometimes to know what a thing does, but there’s not usually scrutiny on that. Let alone scrutiny I have to pay money for. That’s why i’m re-establishing a study campaign against it. CompTia’s Network+ and Cisco’s CCNA cover a lot of similar materials, basic networking principles and whatnot, but there’s a lot more depth to go into with the CCNA.
This is why you know your opponent – Cisco isn’t Comptia, and the Cisco Packet Tracer is a tool I have to get to know as one of those key differences. This is also in the “just getting to know you” phase – I don’t pay for the study voucher unless i’m 80% sure that paying $300 will be worth it to me in the end.
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