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After I pass (touch wood) the CCNA, I am going to look into the A+ as I need to have a qualification in the pc repair side of things. I would rather self study and maybe do a short bootcamp at the end, so can anyone recommend a good A+ book for this, that is up to date and contains everything on the syllabus etc. Cheers

 

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Hi Sam

I'm using, and I know some other members are, the Mike Meyers A+ book. I bought it because i've heard good things about it here on the forum. I've been reading it for about 2 weeks now, and although I am not really into hardware, I need to know it. I've found the book pretty good sofar, I love his writting style, it's pretty easy going, and he make's it interesting if you ask me (unlike MS Press lol).

It also came with 200 practise questions on CD

So that would be my recomendation.

Also, it seems your following the same route I am for cert's, CCNA, then A+. I was gonna miss the A+ and just go for the MCSE, but my job kinda requires me to do the A+ cert. Good luck

Anyway, I'm ramblin know , it's still early here , and I'm stressed out with troubleshooting crappy MS stop error messages.

HTH

Andy

 

We've gotta pin this somewhere because it's probably one of the most commonly asked A+ questions on the forum. The Mike Meyers A+ All-In-One Certification Exam Guide is probably "the" self-study guide for this cert. If you are savvy enough to be studying for the CCNA, I imagine, you've got the skill set to master this exam and probably already assemble and disassemble computer hardware in your sleep.

I took an A+ hardware course in my program at school but I had absolutely no computer maintenance experience prior, so I really needed it. Let us know if you have any A+ specfic (or any other kind, of course) questions once you start studying for this cert. In the meantime, how's the CCNA studies going?

 

Thanks you two - Mike Meyers it is then, it's great that it comes with a practise questions CD, my favourite way to 'revise'. I know a fair amount about hardware i.e. I can put a computer together, fix basic problems and stuff, and the A+ will build up my knowledge to a qualification standard and I'll have something to show for it

I probably should have done it first, but I've started the CCNA now. Yeah I am hopefully going to find a company that will pay for me to do the MCSE while I'm with them, that's why I'll need the A+.

Thanks Tripwire I'll let you know - won't be for a while yet, but I am aiming to pass the CCNA before Christmas! It's going fine, got myself a 2501 and 2503, and I'm waiting for a switch now, turns out a 1900 is enough because it has two 100mb ports which is fine. Switching is the bit I find hardest, like understanding the theory behind it. STP and vlan trunking blah blah blah! I've mastered subnetting though!

Ok now I'm rambling! xx