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      Reid Cooper
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      Not a hard test and all good info to know. Be sure to learn the OSI model backwards and forwards.

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        RAM. @Reid Cooper
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        @Reid-Cooper said:

        Not a hard test and all good info to know. Be sure to learn the OSI model backwards and forwards.

        All People Seem To Need Data People
        7. Application 6. Presentation 5. Session 4. Transport 3. Network 2. Data link 1. Physical

        OSI!!!!

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          RAM.
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          Not sure why it changed my 7. to a 1. ... but it won't let me change it back lol.

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            Carnival Boy
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            ^ Failed.

            🙂

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              alexntg @RAM.
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              @RAM. said:

              Not sure why it changed my 7. to a 1. ... but it won't let me change it back lol.

              It's assuming a numbered list, and if you're starting one, why would you start with 7? So smart it's dumb.

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                RAM. @alexntg
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                @alexntg said:

                @RAM. said:

                Not sure why it changed my 7. to a 1. ... but it won't let me change it back lol.

                It's assuming a numbered list, and if you're starting one, why would you start with 7? So smart it's dumb.

                The top of the OSI model is 7, and the bottom is 1, I don't know who designed it.

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                  scottalanmiller
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                  Because the stack starts at the bottom to crest, and the top to strip.

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                    StrongBad
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                    The OSI model is one of the most important things that I ever learned in IT. Incredibly useful, even for people who are not doing network work very often.

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                      scottalanmiller
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                      Knowing and really groking the OSI really helped my career.

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                        RoguePacket @RAM.
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                          RoguePacket @RAM.
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                          @RAM. said:

                          All People Seem To Need Data People
                          .... OSI!!!!

                          "Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away"

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                            alexntg @RoguePacket
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                            @RoguePacket said:

                            @RAM. said:

                            All People Seem To Need Data People
                            .... OSI!!!!

                            "Please Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away"

                            I learned it as:
                            "Programmers Do Not Throw Sausage Pizza Away." and "Please Do Not Tell Sales People Anything."

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                              scottalanmiller
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                              Never learned a trick for it. Once you understand what it does it's not to hard to remember.

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                                Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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                                @scottalanmiller said:

                                Never learned a trick for it. Once you understand what it does it's not to hard to remember.

                                Best thing to practice when troubleshooting network issues is to step through each layer from Physical > Application.

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                                  scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle
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                                  @Bill-Kindle amazing how few people do that.

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                                    Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said:

                                    @Bill-Kindle amazing how few people do that.

                                    I'll admit, I have to constantly remind myself to do that IRL. That, and to always look for the simple things first.

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                                      RAM. @Bill Kindle
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                                      @Bill-Kindle said:

                                      @scottalanmiller said:

                                      @Bill-Kindle amazing how few people do that.

                                      I'll admit, I have to constantly remind myself to do that IRL. That, and to always look for the simple things first.

                                      I make this mistake constantly, followed up by anger and disappointment in myself. "might as well start from complicated as F*** and work my way back to simple as snow"

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                                        thanksajdotcom
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                                        Between A+, Net+ and Sec+, Net+ is the hardest, although Security+ is SUPPOSED to be. If you can't pass A+, you have no business working a retail IT job, much less work in a real business. Security+ is seriously just common sense and knowing the basics. Most of what you have to know for Sec+ is about physical security. Pretty easy and straightforward.

                                        Net+ is much larger a scope of information and, while I did very well on it, it's still the toughest of those three. That being said, if you've got a couple years hands-on experience, know your ports and protocols and their purpose, you're good.

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                                          wowitsdave
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                                          I did Net+ a few months after A+, I got a nearly-perfect score. Lots of carryover.

                                          +1 on the exam cram, but I didn't just cram- I researched answers that I don't know.

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                                            Reid Cooper @wowitsdave
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                                            @wowitsdave said:

                                            I did Net+ a few months after A+, I got a nearly-perfect score. Lots of carryover.

                                            +1 on the exam cram, but I didn't just cram- I researched answers that I don't know.

                                            There was no networking on the original A+ versions. It was as if they were written by people who had never seen a network.

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