Dear Mr @wes-bryan

I am so glad that you have replied to my query. You are such a great tech guru and I like the way you delve into topics as well as your sense of humor. Thanks alot now I can proceed without any concerns.

All the best.

All great feedback! The labs can be done in an order that is comfortable for the learner. Some prefer to perform labs as the content is learned, and some prefer to wait until the end. There are also learners that like to skip ahead to specific sections based on prior experience.

Hey @Nikhil-Kumar great question. Ethernet is a LAN-based technology (most commonly, there are wider implementations today) and SONET is a WAN-based technology provided by Internet Service Providers or ISPs. For Ethernet-based communications to travel across SONET/SDN-based systems, there is a media converter between the two at the connection point (converter or SFP+ and QSFP modules in a network switch). This is commonly called a demarcation point or demarc for short. This transforms the signals (converts) from one standard to the other and vice versa. On a smaller scale here is an Ethernet to fiber media converter for example:

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For larger scale networks typically the media converter is a module or series of modules, plugged into a network switch:
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Hey @Wayne-Pruski thank you for your feedback, I value it. I mention the file attributes and NTFS separately and collectively with NTFS permissions. I explain that these are two distinctly different file mechanisms (0:57 - A+ Core 2 - MS OS Security Features). You are correct in the fact that R, A, S, and H are files attributes of FAT and NTFS file systems (and maybe the R=read-only attribute locking files). However, remember the context of "MS OS Security Features", is security and the current Window OSs. The Encrypting File System or EFS feature is only available to NTFS (newer exFAT versions excluded) formatted storage devices within the Windows OS. EFS, like the compression attribute are an advanced attributes not available on the FAT file systems and limited on non-MS OSs. Given the context of this episode, the encryption and compression attributes are directly connected to NTFS, Window 10/11 and security features of the current Microsoft OS. Thanks again for your input, this can help to make the shows better the next time we record or update the content!

That's awesome!
Looking forward to test myself.
I will keep that mind thank you.

Many of the concepts that you learn with physical routers and switches in terms of networking are foundational to your theoretical understanding of the rules and principles of networking. Today, you're more likely to work in a cloud environment in which you will not have access to the physical hardware but must still do networking, virtually instead. Your interaction there will not be dealing with hardware but configuration management to ensure the connectivity you need for your cloud environment.

@Stephen-Mol

Glad to hear that! Let us know if you have any questions or need some advice. The community here in the forums is here to help.

Hey there @ryan-sanchez

As we don't work for either of those entities, I can't speak with authority on this. However, what I've experienced recently for in-person/local testing center is that if you have your Drivers License and your Social Security Card, that would be fine. They just need the photo ID part to make sure it's actually you and not Wes Bryan taking it for you. ;-)
My advice would be to go take a trip down to the local testing center to see where it's located and get comfortable with parking, access, etc. It's no fun on the day of the exam to try and figure all that out and get stressed out. Plus, you should be able to speak to a proctor there that will give you official information.

I'll let other students give you feedback on the practice exams, but I know that quite a few people have used them and have passed. Make sure you review your notes and episodes that you're still not too confident about. Also, know why the right answer is right and the wrong answers were wrong. That's super helpful.

Highly recommend you do the Labs as actually doing what you're learning will imprint the knowledge deeper into the "grey matter".

Best wishes and success for your exam Ryan! Thanks for learning with us here at ITPro, and ACI Learning.

Thank you for the answer ronnie! I'll narrow my search to routers and modems that can support these protocols. I just started learning it and networking stuff. So I'll have to go get my own soon to try some home networking of my own!

So the CompTIA IT Fundamentals+ (FC0-U61) is still a valid and current exam from CompTIA. The goal of preparing for this exam is fundamentally like a "survey of the world of IT" and the potential jobs IT related jobs that are out there. It very much lets the career seeking "sample" just enough what it each of the job roles we covered and currently has not been updated. Having said that, CompTIA does plan on changing this and updating this in the future...it will change to CompTIA TECH+. We have no idea on dates for that yet; when it does get announced, we will recorded a course for that too.

@brandon-finlay said in Finding out how to find the # of host's available under subnet mask:

I am a little stumped on the whole equation for finding the amount of host's available on a subnet mask. lets say I have a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, how would I calculate that if the portion of the host i.d is all 0's? (I am basing this on the fact that if you have a 255.255.0.0 subnet mask the number for X in the equation is 0, which doesn't seem to be correct or is wrong I am uncertain) or if the subnet mask was 255.255.240.0, then it is a classless subnet correct? so How would you determine that as well? thank you in advance :)

The key is understanding what a subnet mask does. The subnet mask helps to identify which portion of the IP address is the NETWORK ID in 32-bit binary numbering. So that means 2 things you need to know...if you do not, you will not understand how to arrive at your question.

Can you convert an IP address into a 32-bit binary number and the subnet mask into a 32-bit binary number?
e.g. Convert 192.168.10.1 into binary = 11000000.10101000.00001010.00000001
e.g. Convert 255.255.0.0 into binary = 11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000
If this is confusing you, then you need to learn to do some decimal to binary conversion training.

Do you know how to do binary ANDing?
e.g., Using a binary ANDing truth table as below.

1100 1010 ------ 1000

You want to apply that to the given IP address and Subnet mask in the same manner

11000000.10101000.00001010.00000001 11111111.11111111.00000000.00000000 -------------------------------------------------- 11000000.10101000.00000000.00000000 = result of binary ANDing shows you that the subnet mask reveals the NETWORK ID = 1st 16bits

The remaining 16-bits are the number of HOST IDs possible = 2^16 = 65,536 -2 = 65,534.

Do not get me wrong, you can know the answer without knowing how to get the answer but that doesn't mean you know what will help you.

If any of the above has confused you. You many want to check out, this older series but explains in detail how to this and why: https://app.acilearning.com/course/ccent-updated-2018/understandapply-ipv4-addressing3

Congratulations @Rick-Borecki ! Well done.

Glad you got it figured out @Jeff-Braasch

I also tried other ports, including 443 and it did not work for me. But looks like everything is resolved now either way. Thanks for letting us know about the issue!

IDE and PATA are the same, the first name was IDE and when SATA came out, IDE was "retro-named" PATA.

Hey @Mian-Talha-Zia , here is the number for Kaplan support: https://www.kaptest.com/contact-us

@Andrew-Despres you are correct the AMD's AM5 socket is LGA:

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Hi @Mian-Talha-Zia

The maximum length for a network segment using RG-58 would be 158 meters. Hope that helps!

Going through my Server+ I utilized 2 different study guides on top of my ITPRO subscription.

Try to find study guides published by Sybex or McGraw-Hill:

Sybex: https://www.amazon.ca/CompTIA-Complete-Study-Guide-220-1101/dp/1119862914

https://www.amazon.ca/CompTIA-Certification-Eleventh-220-1101-220-1102/dp/1264609906

They often have "diagnostic" exams where they will test your knowledge across the spectrum of the whole exam as well as end of chapter exams. If you do poorly on any chapter exams you'll know where you should put some focus on study.

All you can take in with you are a couple of scraps of paper and a pencil/pen. Anything you bring in will need to be placed in a locker.