It has been some months (OK 6 months… but who’s counting?) since I last made a post and 2020 has definitely shaped into a strange year. Amazingly I took the certification 2 months ago and
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Category: Networking
CCNA Certified! ICND2 915/811
After several months of effort I’ve finally completed the ICND2 with a score of 915/811. I have to say that it definitely felt like a more difficult exam than the ICND1 but that just makes
Continue readingMilestone Check
Sometimes after embarking on a journey it feels good to take a look back at what you’ve done instead of just looking ahead all the time. It’s also interesting to see how the path changes
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Comptia Network+ and Security+ Complete
It has been some time since I last posted but that doesn’t mean that the progress has slowed down at all! I now have the sought after ‘trifecta’ of Comptia having achieved the A+/Net+/Sec+ combination.
Continue readingCertifications Update: A+ fully complete
Another certification out of the way! Embarrassingly this one took me longer than i’d care to admit to complete. The A+ certification actually has 2 tests to become fully certified, widely regarded as a hardware
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The Journey to CCENT… Over
My journey for the CCENT has finally ended, having managed to pass the ICND1 test with a score of 930/1000 with the passing score a mere 832. I do realize of course that the ICND1
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Setting up OpenVPN
Given that I’ll be returning to school again shortly after the holiday season I decided that the next homelab task for myself would be to access my network from anywhere by setting up a home
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The pfSense Firewall
The pfSense firewall for home use is probably overkill but anything that is worth doing is potentially worth overdoing. There are a few implementation strategies that can be taken when introducing a pfSense router to
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