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Passed HE.net IPv6 Certification
I've passed HE.net IPv6 Certification. Just for fun 🙂 By the way, they promised me free IPv6 T-Shirt :))
Making home FreeBSD torrent+NAS server
Basically, it would be a vmware virtual machine. Why freebsd? Just for fun 🙂 And I have a hope to save some RAM on my home-lab vmware host. Let's start.. FreeBSD 11 Installation 1. Download FreeBSD pre-cooked vmdk here:...
Making Home Lab. Part 1
Due to a lot of experience that I have with real networking hardware, it is not mandatory to have a Home Lab to pass CCNA R&S. However, I've decided that it could be extremely useful for my further professional development to have a lab at home. It is...
Cisco Certification
I have been around networks for over 8 years and I always have had a dream to become a CCIE. Now It is time to set the GOAL and to start my journey. So that I’ve started studying for the CCNA R&S exam and thought I would put my notes on this blog. It might be...
Cisco native VLAN mystery revealed
Many people have trouble understanding cisco's native vlan idea. Actually, it is very simple. Let's start with statement, that the native VLAN has two functions: It tags incoming untagged frames on trunk links with the native VLAN. It untags outgoing frames that has...
The New Scary Trend Happening in Russia
We've just changed our Cisco 2911 to Mikrotik 1100 on one of our sites. And it's happening with all Russian ISPs. They are migrating to Mikrotik because it is cheap, powerful and easy. Otherwise, Cisco is expensive and cisco professionals are expensive too 😉 As for...
Switchport Configurations Explained
Originaly it was posted by Brad Hedlund. It always helps me to think of the English translation when trying to memorize and understand some the Cisco IOS settings I think are important. Here are some Cisco IOS switchport configurations translated into English:...
Routes via DHCP
Basically, this is a very old post. Originally it was posted in my old Russian blog in early 2012. Nevertheless, I hope it might be useful. When I was working in the University we used PPTP VPN servers to let our staff access Internet. Computers got default gateway...
