N10-009 Core Services & Categories
A quick map of core services by category to reduce confusion in scenarios.
Quick answers
- You don’t need every service: know categories + common ones.
- Practice matching scenarios to services (that’s the exam).
- Learn common confusion pairs and constraints.
- Repeat short mini tests until it becomes automatic.
This page focuses on the services you meet everywhere: DNS, DHCP, NAT, VPN, ACLs, and monitoring/logging basics.
Network+ questions often test how these services behave in real scenarios (symptoms → root cause → best fix).
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Core services by category (high-level)
- Core categories: compute, storage, networking, identity, governance.
- Practice: match scenarios to the right category and control.
- Repeat: short mini tests until it becomes automatic.
Topics & Skills Covered
- DNS
- DHCP
- NAT
- VPN
- ACLs
- Monitoring & logs
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why are core services so important?
Because many troubleshooting questions reduce to DNS/DHCP/NAT/VPN behavior and typical failure symptoms.
Do I need deep configuration knowledge?
You need practical understanding: what each service does, common misconfigurations, and how to verify quickly.
How do I train troubleshooting skill?
Practice scenario questions and always explain the symptom chain: what breaks first and what you check next.
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