Network+

http://www.cramsession.com/

Is a great resource for anyone taking or thing of taking any certs. Lots of info and useful links.

All comptia exams are once only with no continuing requirements unlike say MS or Cisco exams. However many comptia qualified people retake their exams when a newer version of the exams is released to ensure thier skills are up to date. If you are ready to take the exam now go with the old one in my opinion, if you are starting to study, study for the new one.

I used the All in One Network+ exam guide by Mike Meyers (3rd edition). Check out the website at http://www.totalsem.com/. The book is designed to pass the 2005 or 2002 objectives. It's a great book, I passed easily with it. Just remember that the basic concepts of networking are the most important thing to know when you take the test, as it is mostly trouble shooting questions.

http://www.sybex.com/sybexbooks.nsf/booklist/4275

You will notice that I recommend this publisher for almost any technical certification route, aside from programming, web, and design.

First of all, the books and training material for the Network+ exam I used was the Network+ certification study guide second edition by syngress and osborne. I also picked up another Network+ book to read as a cross-reference but this was my main book.

However, when I studied (took me a few months as I am home schooling), when I was ready to write the exam after last minute studying, I found out when I wrote the exam that all that was studied was only information.

You had to apply all the knowledge from these books. Only about 5% of the question pertained to information taken from textbooks. The rest were real life scenarios.

The good news is that if you pick up this book (just make sure that it says Comptia quality material. You can use this book or another, but make sure to get at least two books and read them)

If you take your time and know your material you will pass your exam. I got a 768.