I think that he skips mentioning that PPP, the Point to Point Protocol is not a VPN protocol. Even in the 1990s it was not considered that as it is not virtually private, as a VPN is. It's useful to have mentioned here and the Network+ might require it and it is certainly good to know and understand, but he lists it along with VPN protocols and I didn't hear him ever point out that it isn't a VPN Protocol even though it was the first one mentioned in the VPN Protocol list.

@john11smith said in Resources for the Network+: Struggled understanding some questions because the wording of the exam like nothing I used to see. CompTIA is not known for their clarity.

@IRJ said in Logical IT Certification Progression: @Dashrender said in Logical IT Certification Progression: @scottalanmiller said in Logical IT Certification Progression: @Dashrender said in Logical IT Certification Progression: @guyinpv said in Logical IT Certification Progression: al details. I don't regret buying or reading through any of them. Books on Windows, DOS, printers, networks, repair and troubleshooting techniques, system design and building, etc etc. All of that is good. Answer questions posed at an interview. Besides, bench techs don't think, according to @scottalanmiller, they work by script - aka, reading a script and doing what it says. Once you have to start making decisions, you're no longer a bench tech, you're in IT. Not quite, but that's closer. Bench is about tech, about consumer gear or business stuff that falls into consumer spaces. IT is "Business Information Infrastructure." Lots of bench people make decisions. Like if you are building a white box desktop for a gamer, the bench guy will likely make several decisions from CPU to GPU to RAM to case and power supply. It's not a script, but it is not BII, either. hey - you're making it grey again There isn't nearly as many strictly hardware people anymore these days. Not nearly, most are in datacenters now.