1 1 00:00:00,750 --> 00:00:01,900 Welcome to this course 2 2 00:00:01,900 --> 00:00:04,710 on the CompTIA Network+ certification. 3 3 00:00:04,710 --> 00:00:06,240 This certification is considered 4 4 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:08,010 the first networking certification 5 5 00:00:08,010 --> 00:00:09,650 that anyone who wants to enter the IT 6 6 00:00:09,650 --> 00:00:12,700 or cybersecurity industry should study for and earn. 7 7 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:14,660 It's going to provide you with a great foundation 8 8 00:00:14,660 --> 00:00:16,470 and baseline knowledge of networking. 9 9 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:18,680 And throughout this course and our time together, 10 10 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:20,360 we're going to cover how to configure, 11 11 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,840 manage and troubleshoot the network infrastructure 12 12 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:25,250 within your company or organization. 13 13 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:27,440 This certification is designed for beginners 14 14 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:29,730 who have less than one year of IT operations 15 15 00:00:29,730 --> 00:00:31,410 or administration experience, 16 16 00:00:31,410 --> 00:00:33,830 or for those students who have already completed 17 17 00:00:33,830 --> 00:00:35,760 the A+ examination. 18 18 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,180 Now on the Network+ exam, knowledge of the CompTIA 19 19 00:00:39,180 --> 00:00:41,610 A+ exam is considered assumed knowledge. 20 20 00:00:41,610 --> 00:00:44,520 So we're not going to be re-teaching all of that content again 21 21 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,010 from the core one or core two exams. 22 22 00:00:47,010 --> 00:00:48,530 Instead, we're going to be building 23 23 00:00:48,530 --> 00:00:51,380 upon that foundational knowledge of hardware, software, 24 24 00:00:51,380 --> 00:00:53,950 and computer networks throughout our time together. 25 25 00:00:53,950 --> 00:00:55,350 But don't worry. 26 26 00:00:55,350 --> 00:00:57,880 We're going to review any areas specific to networking 27 27 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,410 that you may need to know throughout this course, 28 28 00:01:00,410 --> 00:01:03,220 even if it was covered on the A+ exam. 29 29 00:01:03,220 --> 00:01:06,890 Now, if you haven't done your A+ exam yet, that's okay. 30 30 00:01:06,890 --> 00:01:08,380 We're still going to get you through preparing 31 31 00:01:08,380 --> 00:01:11,580 for the entire Network+ exam without any issues 32 32 00:01:11,580 --> 00:01:13,750 if you pay attention to what we teach. 33 33 00:01:13,750 --> 00:01:15,980 Now, the CompTIA Network+ exam 34 34 00:01:15,980 --> 00:01:18,680 consists of five domains or areas of knowledge 35 35 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,220 that you're going to receive questions about 36 36 00:01:20,220 --> 00:01:22,970 when you sit for your official certification exam. 37 37 00:01:22,970 --> 00:01:25,680 This includes domain one, network fundamentals, 38 38 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:27,980 which makes up 24% of the exam. 39 39 00:01:27,980 --> 00:01:30,840 It also includes domain two, network implementations, 40 40 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,140 which makes up 19% of the exam. 41 41 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:35,600 We're going to have domain three, network operations, 42 42 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:37,850 which makes up 16% of the exam, 43 43 00:01:37,850 --> 00:01:39,860 domain four, network security, 44 44 00:01:39,860 --> 00:01:41,960 which makes up 19% of the exam. 45 45 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:44,800 And finally, domain five, network troubleshooting, 46 46 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:47,330 which makes up 22% of the exam. 47 47 00:01:47,330 --> 00:01:49,720 Each of these domains contains several objectives, 48 48 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,170 which make up all the topics 49 49 00:01:51,170 --> 00:01:52,360 that you're going to learn about 50 50 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:54,600 throughout our time together in this course. 51 51 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,650 Now, we're not going to be teaching these domains 52 52 00:01:56,650 --> 00:01:58,510 and their objectives in the order presented 53 53 00:01:58,510 --> 00:02:00,890 on the CompTIA official exam objectives, 54 54 00:02:00,890 --> 00:02:02,930 which you can download from lesson two of this course 55 55 00:02:02,930 --> 00:02:05,660 as a PDF, but we are going to cover 56 56 00:02:05,660 --> 00:02:07,810 each and every one of them throughout this course 57 57 00:02:07,810 --> 00:02:09,330 and in all the videos. 58 58 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:10,960 At the beginning of each section, 59 59 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:12,360 I'm going to tell you which objectives 60 60 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,750 are going to be covered in the videos for that section. 61 61 00:02:14,750 --> 00:02:17,730 And each video is also titled with the objective listed 62 62 00:02:17,730 --> 00:02:19,860 in parentheses after its name, 63 63 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:21,070 so you have an easy reference 64 64 00:02:21,070 --> 00:02:23,150 if you want to study a single objective 65 65 00:02:23,150 --> 00:02:24,960 as you're reviewing for your exam. 66 66 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:27,150 For example, if you're taking my practice exams 67 67 00:02:27,150 --> 00:02:29,120 for the Network+, you're going to be seeing 68 68 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,610 that in every explanation, we have something that says 69 69 00:02:31,610 --> 00:02:33,440 OBJ and a number. 70 70 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,680 This tells you which objective from this downloadable PDF 71 71 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:38,870 is being covered by that test question. 72 72 00:02:38,870 --> 00:02:40,760 And if you need to review that area, 73 73 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:42,110 you can look through this course 74 74 00:02:42,110 --> 00:02:44,280 and find the video with that OBJ number, 75 75 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:45,670 and then watch that video 76 76 00:02:45,670 --> 00:02:47,500 to make sure you're understanding the content 77 77 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,640 that's covered by that exam question. 78 78 00:02:49,640 --> 00:02:52,240 On test day when you sit down to take the exam, 79 79 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:53,610 you're going to get a mixture of questions 80 80 00:02:53,610 --> 00:02:56,640 from across all five domains and their objectives. 81 81 00:02:56,640 --> 00:02:58,750 Now, some of the questions are going to be asking 82 82 00:02:58,750 --> 00:03:00,260 about a single objective, 83 83 00:03:00,260 --> 00:03:03,410 but others may combine objectives from different domains 84 84 00:03:03,410 --> 00:03:05,620 into a single question to test your knowledge 85 85 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:06,980 a bit more in depth. 86 86 00:03:06,980 --> 00:03:08,590 So as we go through our videos, 87 87 00:03:08,590 --> 00:03:10,310 we're going to cover all the objectives 88 88 00:03:10,310 --> 00:03:11,440 and we're going to be able to make sure 89 89 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:12,980 you can combine that knowledge 90 90 00:03:12,980 --> 00:03:15,070 to answer these questions effectively. 91 91 00:03:15,070 --> 00:03:16,540 Now, speaking of the exam, 92 92 00:03:16,540 --> 00:03:17,610 when you sit down to take 93 93 00:03:17,610 --> 00:03:19,800 the CompTIA Network+ certification exam 94 94 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:21,750 at your testing center or online 95 95 00:03:21,750 --> 00:03:23,430 using the web proctoring service, 96 96 00:03:23,430 --> 00:03:25,670 you're going to only have 90 minutes to answer 97 97 00:03:25,670 --> 00:03:27,200 up to 90 questions. 98 98 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:28,310 Now, for the most part, 99 99 00:03:28,310 --> 00:03:30,470 you're going to be answering multiple choice questions, 100 100 00:03:30,470 --> 00:03:32,670 entering A, B, C, or D, 101 101 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:35,690 but you may have a few questions that are multiple select, 102 102 00:03:35,690 --> 00:03:38,130 where they ask you to pick two or three correct answers 103 103 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:39,530 for a single question. 104 104 00:03:39,530 --> 00:03:41,740 For example, they may have six options 105 105 00:03:41,740 --> 00:03:44,580 and you'll pick the best two or the best three. 106 106 00:03:44,580 --> 00:03:46,060 Also, you're going to get a couple 107 107 00:03:46,060 --> 00:03:47,770 of performance-based questions. 108 108 00:03:47,770 --> 00:03:51,110 These PBQ or simulations, as my students like to call them, 109 109 00:03:51,110 --> 00:03:53,170 require you to perform some kind of job function 110 110 00:03:53,170 --> 00:03:54,850 in a simulated environment. 111 111 00:03:54,850 --> 00:03:56,970 For example, the exam might ask you to create 112 112 00:03:56,970 --> 00:03:59,130 a few firewall rules to block or allow 113 113 00:03:59,130 --> 00:04:00,800 certain ports into a network. 114 114 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,400 And then they're going to have you use your mouse 115 115 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:04,680 and keyboard to perform those actions. 116 116 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,900 Now, don't worry too much about these simulations 117 117 00:04:06,900 --> 00:04:08,000 just yet, though. 118 118 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,040 I'm going to make sure you are well prepared for them 119 119 00:04:10,040 --> 00:04:13,040 before you sit down for the real certification exam. 120 120 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:14,780 Now, as far as the number of questions 121 121 00:04:14,780 --> 00:04:16,970 you're going to get on exam day, you may have noticed 122 122 00:04:16,970 --> 00:04:19,630 I said you're going to get up to 90 questions. 123 123 00:04:19,630 --> 00:04:21,390 Now, in truth that means you're going to get 124 124 00:04:21,390 --> 00:04:24,240 somewhere between 70 questions and 90 questions. 125 125 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,440 If you have more PBQs or simulations, 126 126 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,310 you're going to have less multiple choice questions. 127 127 00:04:28,310 --> 00:04:30,550 And if you have more multiple choice questions, 128 128 00:04:30,550 --> 00:04:33,230 you'll have less PBQs or simulations. 129 129 00:04:33,230 --> 00:04:35,170 Now, most candidates who take the exam 130 130 00:04:35,170 --> 00:04:37,240 are going to get three to five simulations 131 131 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,970 and roughly 70 to 80 multiple choice questions 132 132 00:04:39,970 --> 00:04:42,140 when it comes time to take their exam. 133 133 00:04:42,140 --> 00:04:44,730 Also, when you take your exam, the simulations 134 134 00:04:44,730 --> 00:04:46,870 are going to be your first three to five questions 135 135 00:04:46,870 --> 00:04:48,560 when you start taking the exam 136 136 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,700 and then the rest of the exam will be a mixture 137 137 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:53,530 of multiple choice or multiple select questions. 138 138 00:04:53,530 --> 00:04:55,250 To pass your Network+ exam, 139 139 00:04:55,250 --> 00:04:57,620 you have to score at least 720 points 140 140 00:04:57,620 --> 00:05:01,140 out of the 900 points available on your certification exam. 141 141 00:05:01,140 --> 00:05:04,300 This is roughly equivalent to about an 80% or higher. 142 142 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:05,960 Now to take this exam 143 143 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,800 you have to pay an exam fee to cover the cost of testing. 144 144 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:11,970 And you do this by buying what's known as an exam voucher. 145 145 00:05:11,970 --> 00:05:14,650 You can do this by going to store.comptia.org 146 146 00:05:14,650 --> 00:05:16,350 and buying it from their web store. 147 147 00:05:16,350 --> 00:05:17,920 If you go to the CompTIA store, 148 148 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,110 you're going to see vouchers costing about $338 149 149 00:05:21,110 --> 00:05:22,370 in the United States, 150 150 00:05:22,370 --> 00:05:24,410 but depending on where you live in the world, 151 151 00:05:24,410 --> 00:05:26,530 this price is going to change because CompTIA 152 152 00:05:26,530 --> 00:05:28,480 uses regionalized vouchers. 153 153 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,000 Now, if you'd like to save some money on your exam voucher, 154 154 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,760 you can visit diontraining.com/vouchers 155 155 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,030 and buy your voucher directly from us. 156 156 00:05:36,030 --> 00:05:38,060 This is because we're a certified platinum level 157 157 00:05:38,060 --> 00:05:39,470 CompTIA delivery partner, 158 158 00:05:39,470 --> 00:05:41,640 and we help tens of thousands of students 159 159 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,690 every year pass their CompTIA exams. 160 160 00:05:43,690 --> 00:05:45,430 And they provide us with a discount rate 161 161 00:05:45,430 --> 00:05:47,910 for those exam vouchers and we pass those savings 162 162 00:05:47,910 --> 00:05:49,270 on to our students. 163 163 00:05:49,270 --> 00:05:51,080 So if you take that one extra step 164 164 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:53,690 of going to diontraining.com/vouchers, 165 165 00:05:53,690 --> 00:05:55,630 you can purchase your exam voucher from us. 166 166 00:05:55,630 --> 00:05:58,620 You'll save 10% and you'll also get access 167 167 00:05:58,620 --> 00:06:00,210 to our searchable video library, 168 168 00:06:00,210 --> 00:06:02,220 where you can use this for your last-minute studies 169 169 00:06:02,220 --> 00:06:05,560 by searching for keywords and phrases before test day. 170 170 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,560 Now, before we begin studying for the exam, 171 171 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,600 I want to give you my four tips for success in this course 172 172 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:12,760 to help you better study for the exam. 173 173 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:15,550 First, we provide closed captions for every video 174 174 00:06:15,550 --> 00:06:18,230 in this course, and this is captioned by a real human 175 175 00:06:18,230 --> 00:06:20,610 to ensure a high level of accuracy for you. 176 176 00:06:20,610 --> 00:06:22,130 Many of my students who speak English 177 177 00:06:22,130 --> 00:06:23,240 as their second language 178 178 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,300 really love having these captions playing along 179 179 00:06:25,300 --> 00:06:27,200 so they can read along while I'm teaching. 180 180 00:06:27,200 --> 00:06:29,330 To turn them on, just click the CC button 181 181 00:06:29,330 --> 00:06:31,120 in the bottom of the video player. 182 182 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,020 There's also a transcript function available 183 183 00:06:33,020 --> 00:06:34,670 for each video that you can access 184 184 00:06:34,670 --> 00:06:36,720 and search for specific keywords or phrases 185 185 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,163 within that video if you need to. 186 186 00:06:39,163 --> 00:06:41,750 Next, when it comes to speaking, some people say 187 187 00:06:41,750 --> 00:06:44,690 I talk too fast and others say I talk too slow. 188 188 00:06:44,690 --> 00:06:46,300 Either way, though, you get to control 189 189 00:06:46,300 --> 00:06:49,210 the speed of instruction by adjusting the playback speed. 190 190 00:06:49,210 --> 00:06:51,160 If I happen to be talking too fast for you, 191 191 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:55,380 you can slow me down by reducing me to 0.75 or 75%. 192 192 00:06:55,380 --> 00:06:57,040 If I'm talking too slowly for you, 193 193 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:01,310 you can speed me up by putting me at 1.5X or 150%. 194 194 00:07:01,310 --> 00:07:04,130 Either way, faster or slower, the choice is yours 195 195 00:07:04,130 --> 00:07:06,030 so you can learn more efficiently. 196 196 00:07:06,030 --> 00:07:07,970 Next, I want to point out that the information 197 197 00:07:07,970 --> 00:07:10,200 I'm going to teach you in this course is also covered 198 198 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,050 in our downloadable study guide in PDF format. 199 199 00:07:13,050 --> 00:07:15,740 You can download that PDF from lesson two of the course 200 200 00:07:15,740 --> 00:07:17,530 where you can download it, print it out, 201 201 00:07:17,530 --> 00:07:19,140 and then use it to take notes on 202 202 00:07:19,140 --> 00:07:21,260 or highlight and circle important information 203 203 00:07:21,260 --> 00:07:22,820 as we go through the videos. 204 204 00:07:22,820 --> 00:07:25,070 By doing this, you're going to be more active in your learning, 205 205 00:07:25,070 --> 00:07:26,710 and you're going to learn better. 206 206 00:07:26,710 --> 00:07:29,040 Now, this PDF is great for offline studying 207 207 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,800 before you take the final exam as well, 208 208 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:33,540 because you'll see all your notes in one place. 209 209 00:07:33,540 --> 00:07:35,730 My fourth and final tip is that I want you to know 210 210 00:07:35,730 --> 00:07:38,220 we have a Facebook group set up specifically to help you 211 211 00:07:38,220 --> 00:07:41,070 succeed with this and your other certifications. 212 212 00:07:41,070 --> 00:07:43,530 If you have any questions or you get stuck with something, 213 213 00:07:43,530 --> 00:07:45,100 or you just want to talk to other students 214 214 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:46,630 who are studying for the same exam, 215 215 00:07:46,630 --> 00:07:48,170 you can do all of this and more 216 216 00:07:48,170 --> 00:07:52,030 by going to facebook.com/groups/diontraining. 217 217 00:07:52,030 --> 00:07:53,370 Also in the Facebook group 218 218 00:07:53,370 --> 00:07:55,370 we post daily questions to help you 219 219 00:07:55,370 --> 00:07:57,110 as you're studying for your exams. 220 220 00:07:57,110 --> 00:07:58,480 If you join the Facebook group, 221 221 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,740 we have people there ready to answer any question 222 222 00:08:00,740 --> 00:08:03,120 you may have as well as many other students there 223 223 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:04,250 helping you out. 224 224 00:08:04,250 --> 00:08:07,320 Currently, we have over 25,000 students in our group. 225 225 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:10,300 So if you have a question about the CompTIA Network+ exam 226 226 00:08:10,300 --> 00:08:11,900 or any of the course content, 227 227 00:08:11,900 --> 00:08:14,620 I guarantee somebody there has the answer for you, 228 228 00:08:14,620 --> 00:08:16,880 and they'll get it to you very quickly. 229 229 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,210 Now, if you don't have Facebook and you need help, 230 230 00:08:19,210 --> 00:08:20,630 you can always send me an email 231 231 00:08:20,630 --> 00:08:23,050 at support@diontraining.com. 232 232 00:08:23,050 --> 00:08:25,660 When you do this, my system will log that message 233 233 00:08:25,660 --> 00:08:27,920 and make sure it gets routed to either a teaching assistant 234 234 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,000 or me personally so we can respond to it 235 235 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,750 during normal business hours. 236 236 00:08:31,750 --> 00:08:33,350 Like I said, the Facebook group 237 237 00:08:33,350 --> 00:08:36,160 does tend to get your questions answered a little bit faster 238 238 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:38,050 because we have so many people online 239 239 00:08:38,050 --> 00:08:39,680 anytime of the day or night, 240 240 00:08:39,680 --> 00:08:42,750 but our email support is there if you need it, too. 241 241 00:08:42,750 --> 00:08:44,780 So with all the basics out of the way, 242 242 00:08:44,780 --> 00:08:47,020 let's get started learning all about computer networks 243 243 00:08:47,020 --> 00:08:49,283 in this CompTIA Network+ course.