This activity has been created by myself to test those studying for the CCNA exam. Due to the requests I keep getting on YouTube to keep updating the link, I have decided to put together this post. The network topology below…
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Cisco aNCE Program: Stage 2
Congratulations! You are probably reading this because you have passed the first stage of the interview process for the aNCE program or you’re just curious person. Nevertheless I wanted to share what I encountered during stage 2 so that you have…
Cisco aNCE Program: Stage 1
Recently I applied for the graduate Associate Networking Consulting Engineer (aNCE) position with Cisco and I wanted to share with you my journey. In a nutshell...The aNCE program is an intense 6 month program delivered in Poland, Krakow and focuses…
Investigating HSRP
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is a Cisco propitiatory router protocol that provides first-hop redundancy for IP hosts on a LAN. It enables a set of router interfaces once configured to present a single virtual default gateway for IP hosts…
Lightning Talk: UTM’s
Earlier this week I delivered a presentation about UTM's to businesses on the Isle of Man. This lightning presentation was aimed to give a brief overview of Unified Threat Management solutions and the considerations to keep in mind. The link…
What Does WhatsApp’s Privacy Mean For You?
No doubt many of you reading this article have already heard or even accepted the new T&C's from WhatsApp, but what does this mean when talking about your privacy? Well a yesterday WhatsApp published a blog post talking about updating they're privacy policy for the…
Exploring DHCP Requests
In this article I would like to explore DHCP requests so that we can understand what happens when a device sends a request to a DHCP server. Lets start by listing some important information about DHCP..... DHCP is the abbreviation for…
Configuring the ASAv 5.3.0-xx to work with GNS3
You may have found that trying to get the ASAv to work in GNS3 isn't the easiest thing to do and in order for it to function correctly, we have a few tweaks we need to make to the QEMU.…
Configuring the Sophos XG Firewall with VMware ESXi
The Sophos XG is a next-generation firewall packed with enterprise-grade features. The team at Sophos have been kind enough to offer a FREE software version of this firewall for home users, which I have managed to install using VMware ESXi.…
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Exploring DHCP Requests
In this article I would like to explore DHCP requests so that we can understand what happens when a device sends a request to a DHCP server.Lets start by listing some important information about DHCP…..DHCP is the abbreviation for Dynamic Host…
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