OPNsense on Qotom Q750G5 - Hardware Overview & Perf Testing
In this post, we will take a look at the Qotom Q750G5 hardware (with 2.5GbE), install OPNsense, and walk through a few performance tests.…
[How to] Webex Chatbot (Part 2): Digging in to Adaptive Cards
In this post, we'll expand upon the previous Webex weather bot & add in AdaptiveCards to improve user interaction.…
[Video] Upgrading my Home Lab - Intel NUC11 & ESX 7.0
In the video above, I walk through some of my recent upgrades to my home lab - which include two new Intel NUC 11 mini-PCs which will run ESX 7.0.…
[How To] Setup a Satisfactory Dedicated Server on Debian Linux
In a brief detour from my usual content, we'll take a quick look at how to build a new Satisfactory dedicated server on Debian Linux.…
[How To] Building a Simple Webex Chatbot with Python Websockets & OpenWeather APIs
Let's build a simple chatbot using Cisco Webex that can query the weather!…
Network Engineering: Do I REALLY Need to Learn to Code?
I guess it's that time of year again, where I'm starting to see the same discussion points pop up quite a bit once more: "As a network administrator, do I really need to learn to code?" "How much to I need to learn?" "This will…
[How To] Cisco SD-WAN - Onboarding a Catalyst 8000v
I've been getting a handful of questions lately on the process of bringing a Cisco Catalyst 8000v or CSR 1000v into an SD-WAN environment. So I figured maybe I should put something together to share. On a related note - I've been debating for a while doing a blog and/…
[How To] Connect Cisco SD-WAN to Umbrella SIG/SWG
In this post, we'll walk through configuring a Cisco Viptela SD-WAN network to integrate with Cisco Umbrella's Secure Internet Gateway (SIG) & Secure Web Gateway (SWG). If you're interested in reading more about what SIG & SWG are, please check out my last post where I walked through this integration…