I recently made some changes to the setup of my home network. Instead of a Linksys E3200 wireless router providing both wired and wireless access to the LAN and Internet, I added a Cisco ASA 5505 and a Netgear GS108T switch to the mix. The network now looks like this: Continue reading
Today, I am proud to announce the creation of the Pay It Forward scholarship that I will be hosting at least once a year, for as long as I possibly can. The Pay It Forward scholarship consists of providing one deserving person with the goal of becoming a network professional, books to study from and paid vouchers for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) exam when they are ready to test. Scholarship winners will not be ordinary people. They must demonstrate the willingness and drive to learn, despite whatever circumstances they have dealt with, that prevented them from being able to break into the field and become CCNA certified. They must also be willing to depict and carry forward the idea behind this scholarship by using this opportunity as a springboard to grow their careers and eventually pay it forward to someone else. Continue reading
I’ve been afforded a lot of opportunities in my life and not all of them are what I would consider to have been earned. Most have been based on promise or potential while the rest were based on past performance, the latter being the vast minority. Depending on who you talk to and what their background is, people that know me might say that I lead a blessed life and others might say that I’m just plain lucky. To be honest, I am of the belief that I’m just plain lucky most of the time and have been in the right place at the right time so to speak. However, as time has passed, I must say that at times I feel like a higher power has been looking over me and guiding my path this entire time. Continue reading
This weekend I was really excited because I knew I’d be starting my new job today. I’m changing companies and organizations on base, but I’m only moving about 500 feet down the road. It will certainly be bittersweet to a degree since I’ll be able to see my former office whenever I come in and leave for the day but it was time for a change and I really feel like this was the best decision for me going forward. Continue reading
Yesterday, I took and passed my first Juniper exam! Although I’ve been MIA from the blog, I haven’t been MIA from studying and learning new things which included some studying for Juniper’s JNCIA-Junos (JN0-101) exam. I’ve known about Juniper’s certification program for some time now, I just had no immediate plans to study for any of their exams and if you read on, it really made sense why. Continue reading