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

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          • StrongBadS
            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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            • scottalanmillerS
              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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                • RoguePacketR
                  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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                  • alexntgA
                    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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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      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 KindleB
                        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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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle
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                          @Bill-Kindle amazing how few people do that.

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                          • Bill KindleB
                            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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                              • thanksajdotcomT
                                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 CooperR
                                    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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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller
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                                      Same here. The A+ was so out of date that it assumed that networking was specialized knowledge for higher level techs.

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                                        wowitsdave
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                                        I took the 2009 objectives- probably much later than you two. 😉

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller @wowitsdave
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                                          @wowitsdave said:

                                          I took the 2009 objectives- probably much later than you two. 😉

                                          More than a decade later. If you took it is 2009 it must have been updated for Windows 98 since the 1998 objectives were Windows 3.1.

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