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Standardize your team on Network+ with a structured CompTIA training path — virtual labs, a blueprint-weighted practice exam, and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

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Course
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Practice exam
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Core skills
$399
Exam fee (CompTIA)
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (CompTIA)
$399
Courses on path
1
Official source
CompTIA’s official exam page
Exam code
  • N10-009

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
No formal prerequisites, but CompTIA A+ certification and at least 9-12 months of networking experience are recommended.
Recommended experience
9-12 months of networking experience
Recertification
3 years
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Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$399

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the Network+ path takes N10-009.

  1. N10-009CompTIA Network+Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    Approximately $358
    Exam length
    90 minutes
    Questions
    Maximum of 90 questions
    Passing score
    720 on a scale of 100-900

    Exam blueprint: N10-009

Skills your team builds

Networking ConceptsInfrastructureNetwork OperationsNetwork SecurityNetwork Troubleshooting and Tools

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Network+ path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    CompTIA Network+

    This entry-level CompTIA Network+ (N10-009) training builds working networking skills with hands-on virtual labs. It covers the OSI model and TCP/IP, subnetting, configuring routers, switches, and firewalls, troubleshooting common connectivity and performance issues, basic network security, managing Intermediate Distribution Frame (IDF) and Main Distribution Frame (MDF) wiring, and zero-trust architecture concepts. Network+ validates fundamental networking knowledge without tying your team to a single vendor's equipment. For an IT Director building a help desk or junior network team, Network+ is the standard first credential: it confirms that new administrators can configure and troubleshoot a network before they touch production. New IT professionals and career changers earn the same certification on the same path.

    Keith Barker
    270 videos30 labsPractice exam38h
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Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Hands-on virtual labs
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

CompTIA career ladder

Where Network+ sits in your team's CompTIA progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    2 certs

    A+

    Core 1: 220-1201, Core 2: 220 …

    Tech+

    FC0-U71

  2. Associate level

    4 certs

    Data+

    DA0-002

    Network+

    N10-009

    You are here

    Project+

    PK0-005

    Security+

    SY0-701

  3. Professional level

    5 certs

    AutoOps+

    AT0-001

    Cloud+

    CV0-004

    CySA+

    CS0-004

    Pentest+

    PT0-003

    Server+

    SK0-005

  4. Expert level

    3 certs

    CloudNetX

    CNX-001

    DataAI

    DY0-001

    SecurityX

    CAS-005

Customer outcome

Build N10-009 capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Network+ course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see CompTIA skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make N10-009 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on N10-009 gives leadership a clear picture of CompTIA skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Network+

Exam
  • N10-009

Frequently asked questions about Network+ training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Network+ training for their team.

How does Network+ fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

IT leaders often cite Network+ when documenting that the people who run switching, routing and addressing have validated, vendor-issued networking knowledge. CBT Nuggets team reporting provides per-learner progress, completion and completion exports that can serve as training evidence, while your auditor's control crosswalk decides how the credential formally maps to your framework.

Who on the team should hold Network+, and what can a certified team own?

Network+ fits network administrators, support engineers and the junior staff who touch the LAN every day. The linked N10-009 course covers IPv4 subnetting and IPv6 addressing, Layer 3 routing and route selection, FHRPs, address translation, VLANs, 802.1Q trunking with LACP, and spanning tree, so a certified team can own day-to-day switching, gateway redundancy and addressing plans with fewer escalations to senior engineers.

What does CBT Nuggets Network+ training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Network+ courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to CompTIA's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Network+ training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Network+ courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on Network+?

The linked live courses add up to about 38 hours of video per engineer. Actual time to certify depends on each team member's starting point with networking, and team reporting shows who has completed the assigned training before exams are scheduled.

What if CompTIA updates the Network+ exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates CompTIA course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When CompTIA restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

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Build Network+ capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT leaders plan and track Network+ training across the team — labs, a practice exam, and reporting included.

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