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CompTIA Network+ Certification Guide

By : Glen D. Singh, Rishi Latchmepersad
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CompTIA Network+ Certification Guide

By: Glen D. Singh, Rishi Latchmepersad

Overview of this book

CompTIA certified professionals have always had the upper hand in the information technology industry. This book will be your ideal guide to efficiently passing and achieving this certification. Learn from industry experts and implement their practices to resolve complex IT issues. This book revolves around networking concepts where readers will learn topics like network architecture, security, network monitoring, and troubleshooting. This book will not only prepare the readers conceptually but will also help them pass the N10-007 exam. This guide will also provide practice exercise after every chapter where readers can ensure their concepts are clear. By the end of this book, readers will leverage this guide and the included practice questions to boost their confidence in appearing for the actual certificate.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)

Utilizing appropriate troubleshooting tools

In this section, we will examine some most common hardware and software tools that are used in troubleshooting and resolving network issues. We will first examine hardware-based tools, after which we will discuss a number of software-based tools that make the process of diagnosis easier.

Hardware-based troubleshooting tools

Let's first investigate some of the common hardware devices used to troubleshoot and repair both copper-based and fiber-based networks:

  • Crimper: A crimper is a tool used to attach copper cables to connectors. In modern networks, this is most often used to attach twisted-pair copper cable to RJ 45 connectors, but crimpers also exist for other types of copper...