Network Engineer, with a focus on IT infrastructure network design, automation, resiliency, and cybersecurity.
In this article, I will be demonstrating how to use the Cisco Meraki API with Python 3.9 This article is useful for network engineers who want to automate administrative tasks in the Cisco Meraki dashboard. Necessary Items To use the Meraki API with ...
In this article, I will demonstrate how to configure eBGP on a Cisco router. I will be demonstrating both IPv4 and IPv6 configuration. This article is targeted towards enterprise network professionals who need to set up eBGP on their enterprise edge ...
In this article, I will demonstrate how to set up basic configurations of RPVST+ on Cisco Catalyst switches. This article expands on my previous article covering how RPVST+ operates on Cisco Catalyst switches. Introduction When configuring RPVST+ on ...
In this article, I will be covering Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), and how it operates in Cisco Catalyst switches. Just a fair warning: this is going to be a long article. I will be covering this topic in two parts. This article will cover the theory ...
Today's subject: VTP, and why you shouldn't use it in your switched network. Let's dive in. What is VTP? VTP stands for VLAN trunking protocol. It's a Cisco proprietary protocol that allows for the automatic propagation of layer 2 VLANs across a swi...
Very recently I have been consulted by clients and colleagues on network performance issues, all with one similar symptom: "I'm getting a 'your connection is not private' error in my web browser when I try to access this one site!". Each of these inc...
In this article, I will be demonstrating how to update the FortiOS firmware version, on your FortiGate firewall. This article can assist in the mitigation of the RCE vulnerability affecting SSL VPN services on FortiOS v7.2.4, as outlined in CVE-2023-...
In this article, I will demonstrate how to VNC into EVE-NG nodes if you don't have access to a Linux machine with Vinagre (like me). Target Audience This article is targeted for RHEL-based linux users (Fedora, RedHat, and CentOS), who are unable to ...
It's been a while since I wrote my last article. I've been on a hiatus from creating content, so I'm going to explain where I've been, and I'm going to talk about my career plans moving forward. Where I've been I'm not going to sugarcoat anything, I...