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VLANs vs. Subnets

Dec 27, 2022 networking 2022

If you're trying to understand the concepts behind VLANs and subnets, you have my sympathy. There are some common misconceptions around these two terms that confuse a lot of people. Friends, it needn't be so. The difference between a VLANs and subnets is very simple.

VLANs and subnets are the same thing.

A VLAN is a …

What are the best AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Video Training Courses? (Subtitle: Why Does So Much Training Stink?)

Dec 17, 2022 career 2022 cloud aws certification security networking

As co-author of the official AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C03) Exam, 4th Edition, I'm pretty picky when it comes to how I spend my time watching video training courses.

The Problem with Most Video Training

I've watched a lot of videos that are designed to help you pass the Solutions …

Books

Nov 29, 2022 aws cisco ccnp ccna encor enarsi security networking career

Here are the books I've authored or co-authored with David Clinton.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide: CLF-C01 Exam

Set yourself apart by becoming an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner. Click the book to view on Amazon.

For errata, click here.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study …

How To Subnet In Your Head

Oct 27, 2022 networking subnetting binary 2022

Subnetting has traditionally been the bane of every networking student's existence. But it doesn't have to be. I'll show you a quick and simple way to subnet in your mind in just seconds. Once you see how it's done in this video, you'll never need to go back to paper and pen or any of those online subnetting …

IPv4 Multicast Address Space Registry, Internetwork Control Block (224.0.1.0 - 224.0.1.255 (224.0.1/24))

Nov 9, 2021 cisco networking multicast

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My Technology Training Courses

Feb 27, 2021 aws cisco ccnp ccna encor enarsi networking security windows

Here you'll find a list of my IT training courses.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Architecting for Operational Excellence on AWS

Architecting for Reliability on AWS

Architecting for Security on AWS

AWS Networking Deep Dive: Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

AWS Networking Deep Dive: Route 53 DNS

AWS Networking Deep Dive: Virtual …

Preparing for the CCNP 350-401 ENCOR Exam

Jan 10, 2020 Jan 31, 2021 ccnp ccna cisco encor enarsi networking 2020

January 31, 2020 update: No, you're not crazy. Cisco changed the exam number from 300-401 to 350-401.

For your convenience, I've put together the following list of my courses that cover the new CCNP ENCOR exam. By watching and following along with the hands-on demos in these courses, you can't go wrong.

Routing …

Free Resources

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Following are free resources that I've created or collected.

By me

Repositories

My GitHub repo

My Docker images repository

Science Links

One Reason I am Skeptical of an Ancient Earth – Dr. Jay Wile

Abortion is wrong—ARTL

You failed your CCNP exam. Now what?

Aug 18, 2020 ccnp certification cisco networking 2016

You took one of the Cisco CCNP exams. You went to the exam center, sat down, and started the exam. About 2 hours later, you saw the dreaded news appear on the screen:

You didn’t pass.

I’ve failed certification exams in the past, so I can relate to the facepalm-worthy feeling you get when you realize you dropped a …

Finding Suspicious Traffic using CloudWatch Log Insights and VPC Flow Logs

Jul 28, 2019 aws cloud networking security 2019

While playing around with AWS CloudWatch Log Insights to analyze VPC flow logs, I thought of a couple of fun ways to identify (probably) malicious traffic.

Finding Vulnerability Scanners

These are the guys that hammer your box looking for anything from silly SQL injection attacks (so 2005) to CSRF vulnerabilities. The …