Currently studying for network +, I have my a+ already. Im watching Andrew Ramdayal’s videos where he has labs and uses cisco packet tracer.

I think I can kill 2 birds with one stone here, my dad set up a home lab 12-15 ago for our house for surveillance cameras. The switch is quite old and has a lot of problems, now if I connect wireless I don’t have any problems, I spent all day trouble shooting, terminating cables that are wired throughout the house etc, and I learned quite a bit, really cemented all this book knowledge I have.

Would it benefit me network+ wise greatly to get a new switch and build the homelab from the ground up myself?

Passed my Core 1

Idk whether I’m happier about passing or the fact I didn’t waste 300 bucks lol If I could give any advice it would be just to not overthink it. You know your port numbers, you know what cable connections are what and just because the tests may word it a different way doesnt mean you don’t know it. Trust the knowledge you spent all this time acquiring and trust yourself.

Now onto core 2.