Mark's Network+ Notes

(Note: Mark is a friend and former student who passed this exam on his first try in May of 2002. Most of what he learned to prepare for this exam was from his personal experience and the Cisco Networking Academy.)

A few select all that apply with the number selections noted, not as many as the CCNA. They like gadget questions like showing you a graphic of the back of a router, and drop a marker on the aui. Where did the output of this screen shot come from. Given this network diagram and this scenario what is the best answer.

They allow you to mark the question with a check box and return to it at the end. They give you a report of all questions at the end, you can cycle through all marked or go to individuals.

IEEE 802.* mostly 2,3 & 5. Know the differences in the topologies such as ring, bus, star, extended star and mesh. Collisions, bandwidth, lengths. What does 10baseX mean and it's components. Thicknet, thinnet, UTP & fiber.

Crimp a manual loop back for nic testing. Know the xmit & receive, pin #'s, colors and how they relate.

Trouble shooting networks and nics. Scenario stuff. Say you install a new nic and you can't talk to a server. You had someone work on your firewall you can't communicate what ports should you check. These are backed up with diagrams and are layers 1-7.

5-8 questions on nbstat, netstat, ping, tracert, ipconfig, winipcfg etc. They will give you a screen shot of output please match to command.

Some network OS stuff, more on the protocol level. Netware, NT, 2000, UNIX, apple. SAMBA and SMB are your friend, 2-3 questions, easy but there.

Some easy subnet theory lets say. Like here are 5 ips match 3 of them to A, B & C classes.

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Here are the study tip they gave me if I wanted to retest. Ya right!

Identify the purpose, features, and functions of the following network components: hubs, switches, bridges, routers, gateways, CSU/DSU's, NICs, ISDN adapters, system area network cards, wireless access points, and modems.

Identify the basic capabilities (i.e. client support, interoperability, authentication, file and print services, application support, and security) of the following server operating systems:UNIX/Linux, Netware, Windows and Macintosh.

Given a network troubleshooting scenario involving a client connectivity problem (e.g., incorrect protocol/client software/authentications configuration or insufficient rights/permissions), identify the cause of the problem.

Given the wiring task, select the appropriate tool (e.g., wire crimper, media tester/certifier, punch down tool, tone generator, optical tester, etc.).