I’m liking Cisco’s Packet Tracer tool- there’s a huge difference between learning these concepts in a book or by watching a video, and actually (virtually) configuring a wireless router and being able to create a simulation where packets flow between a client and a public IP server. In one of today’s exercises, I ran that…

I’m contnuing the Network module- I’m impressed with Cisco. It’s a really well done course. Mostly, I just wanted to share this picture because it looks pretty cool! 🙂

Continuing the instruction within Cisco’s Networking Academy, this morning I worked on setting up a situational home network- using virtual coaxial cables to connect the home router with the cable splitter, which in turn was also connected to the smart tv. From the home router, which included a switch with four ethernet ports and a…

Cisco’s Networking Academy offers a great pathway to learn aspects of cybersecurity, and as part of the second class, ‘Networking Basics’, I decided to follow the given recommendation to learn to work with the company’s packet tracing tool. First step towards that was the introductory course offered for that tool: Getting Started with Cisco Packet…