i've had trouble with CompTia accepting credits in the past (rejecting certificates which are basically along the lines of courses they do claim to accept), so possibly people are just submitting this with no outline and I'm trying to add more than they are.

Ok got it, thanks for you help.

@Austin-Olmstead,
Our courses are skill-based and the focus is learning the skill having said that, they are also created around exam objectives. If you have no other hands-on guide. I would use the exam objectives which can obtain from CompTIA as a starting point.

But it sounds like what you're wanting is something more like a program of study, you can check out the ACI Learning Tech Academy for something like this. You will have a skilled instructor, courseware, practice-exams and a lesson plan...the ITPRO courses are used as complement or supplement to those programs.

Having said that, there will be a difference in costs as the programs involve and provide more but may be worth it to you.

@Anthony-Sequeira-0

Yes! That was it for me too!!

Thank you Anthony & Wes for looking into my question!

I appreciate it very much.

Regards,

Shahla

@Anthony-Sequeira-0

Thank you, Anthony!

Regards,

Shahla

I think you may be better off setting up Vlans in order to separate your traffic. Vlans will add a tag onto the traffic and you can then configure rules how each vlan can interact with the others. Usually this is used to segment your traffic to keep applications/devices from communicating together. A great example would be to keep your IoT devices from the rest of your network.

I found this Netgear documentation on how to setup Vlans:

https://kb.netgear.com/31026/How-to-configure-a-VLAN-on-a-NETGEAR-managed-switch

A little more info on Vlans themselves too:

https://www.practicalnetworking.net/stand-alone/vlans/

Hope this helps!

Anytime @Jean-Marc-Agnant.

I had very similar notions as you did when I was studying for my Server+. I ran through the course and practice tests here and felt super confident.

I found some different practices tests elsewhere and I bombed those HARD. Thats when I found a study guide and read through that material. I was then able to pass the actual exam with flying colours.

Reach out if you ever need to probe the hive-mind here :)

You can download a copy of them directly from CompTIA. it will make you register to do so but they are available.

thanks, the labs are now available, even though I didn't change anything.

@wes-bryan

Wes, thank you so much for your reply!

Regards,

Shahla

It's a good question.
Answer:
We license our practice tests from a vendor. If they do not have the practice test; we do not have it.

So, though the primary check does occur between the OSCP and the server. To prevent the security concern you mention, there something like a "skip level meeting" that occurs between the server and the CA without the OSCP, periodically. This means that the OSCP server can present whatever information it wants but periodically the server itself directly requests an OSCP response from the CA. This would be similar to an employee asking his or her supervisor to raise an issue, then directly goes around the manager for a response as well. This direct response from the CA is then "stapled" to the certificate (SSL/TLS) when the server sends it the client for verification. if the OSCP is compromised, this will reveal it.

Hey @Mustafa-Mohamud, great question! The CompTIA A+ 220-1101 exam was launched in April of 2022, and is the current set of objectives. The exam versions usually get replaced every 3 years. When a new set of objectives gets released, the previous version will retire around 6 months later:
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Here is CompTIA's webpage for more information:
https://www.comptia.org/certifications/a#examdetails

Thanks Wes,
I'll have a read through!

@Wyatt-Major,
My apologies for this slipping through. The FC0-061 course is not about technology changes but fundamental encounters you will have working in the world of IT. It is more like a sampling of what you might face in certain popular job related roles in IT, so you can explore different areas to your liking. So the skills and tasks are absolutely transferable into a real world IT related career path.

As far as the certification goes, there is a new one launching to replace this and a new title we believe that is coming out this year: from CompTIA ITF+ to CompTIA TECH+. It is the next iteration of this same exam. We are looking into developing this.

Hi @Chuck-Jordan

Looks like to me that you have a really good learning path going! I hope once you have your certs completed you'll easily find a job.

RE: Sophies laptop, as a helpdesk/sysadmin guy, that makes my heart hurt. Taking all of those stickers off is going to take A WHILE lol.

Have a good weekend!

Two more good ones:
Keith Barker Subnetting playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8ZwmAxnOL0&list=PLQQoSBmrXmry0OIbA7DpjLMXLLYK0NV8z
Kevin Wallace Subnetting 2-Hour Deep Dive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY4cjGpRiIs&t=6s

@Nathaniel-Fernandez I just took the Linux+ this past Sunday and scored an 812/900. I had 0 knowledge of Linux 3 months ago. My resources were, this course, a YouTuber named Shawn Powers, and the Linux+ Sybex book. I studied 3-6 hours every day for about a month and a half. I had a virtual machine with both Rocky and Mint to test my skills in a virtual environment. Don Pezet does an amazing job explaining the topics. I hope this helps.

Hey @Japhet-Rivera, great question! The videos teach the concepts of the CySA+ objectives. The labs give the learner hands-on experience with the concepts. You will encounter exercises in labs that may provide documentation to review to reinforce the concepts. The videos and labs are developed separately; however, we recommend utilizing them together to learn and practice the content.