CompTIA Network+ Study Guide: Exam N10-006 3rd Edition

Flunked an interview for a network engineer position, started reading/studying this book and I feel like a seasoned pro now (as far as theory and specs are concerned anyway). I'll be ready for that next interview. Lammle has been writing these study guides for years and I love his writing style. He writes in a very informal and conversational style and that makes reading this material fun and helps you relate to real world scenarios and applications. I'll edit this review depending on whether I pass the Network+ exam (just kidding).

I'm already CompTIA Network+ certified since 2006. I am re-certifying to gain the "CE" designator. I used this very same book back then for my studies, and this book contains about 35-40% more information. The book is easy to read and well laid out. The online resources that come with the book alone are worth the money. You can retake the chapter tests & practice tests online repeatedly. The online flash cards help immensely too. The book is downloadable in PDF & ebook formats for reading offline. The virtual lab simulator offered is somewhat anemic and I found little use for it.I scheduled myself to do a chapter a day, there are 20 chapters, but I got stuck in two chapters for 2-3 days each, and remember I'm already NET+ certified! It's like everything else, if you don't use it you lose it, and some material learned you just don't use. You forget it! Long story short, it took me four weeks, 28 days, to read the book, study, and do all the tests.I would recommend this book to anyone seeking to become NET+ certified. Use it and at least one other book to get a different prospective of the same material.

First time getting back into networking after a long hiatus. I've found it really good for keeping me on track for certification - but there are definitely sections where I've found important underlying concepts being grazed over. I find things easier to remember if I understand the underlying concepts and not every concept is fully explained here, which makes sense considering the goal of this book. It's easy to find supplemental material online so no worries there. Again I find myself using this book as my guide to keeping me on track, rather than being the ultimate repository of networking information, and it's doing a great job.There are a few spots where he talks about the difference between real-world vs. what you need to know to get certified but isn't so relevant in modern practice, which is great. If anything there should be even more of this! Would make it even more useful as a general learning tool, vs.just a certification-prep tool. But overall this book has served as a great jumping off point. Well written, and generally accurate. Lots of prep questions. Recommended!

Very good resource, though not the only one you should use. I used Myers videos and some Professor Messer stuff but added in this book as well and the combination of resources gave me everything I needed to pass. No one resource is a one-stop shop unfortunately.

After receiving my A+, the N+ is the next cert in line. I read the A+ textbook from the same author so, at this point, I am use his writing format and question style so I decided to get the N+ from the same author. So far so good and I am only reading the PDF version. The textbook itself is the size of a mini modern dictionary so that's just too bulky for me to carry around. When the time gets near to take the exam, I'm sure I'll utilize all the practice exams, flash cards, etc

Great Book! My husband loves this book! He has been using this book to study for the exam and he has improved greatly! He uses this book along with some other test tools and he feels like he is learning a lot and can effectively pass his exam!

To understand this book is to pass the exam. I attended a boot camp only for 3 of the 14 days after; having read this book, I realized I was already well prepared, dropped from the class and passed the exam.

Received this product very quickly and as i need this as a text book for a class i am taking. It was in very good condition. Overall i am very pleased with my purchase.