[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.…
Old Computer Fails to Discover SSID nor Connect to Home Network [Solved]
Hey folks. So, we got a new Comcast xFi Gateway 3rd Generation at my parent's house, and all the devices were able to discover our SSIDs & connect to the internet at both 2.4Gz & 5Ghz ….except my personal computer. My personal computer was listing networks not associated with…
One Year Later
2017 is over! Now we’re on to whatever 2018 may bring. The past year has been very interesting for me. For one thing, it was the first full year of this blog which started in December of 2016. While I didn’t quite accomplish everything here that…
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: How to Prove It's Not the Network
If there is one thing you learn very quickly in networking, it’s that everything is always the fault of the network. Two systems cannot communicate? Yeah, that’s always a network problem. Something is inaccessible? Probably the network. What about that broken toaster? Definitely a network issue.…
What's your hesitation?
One thing I have found in IT is that sometimes the real question that needs answering is some form of: What is holding you back? Whether it be people who take longer to get to tasks they don’t like, or whole teams who think accomplishing something just isn&…
Why isn't everything done "the right way"?
IT work is never truly black and white. There are thousands of possibilities, and thousands of ways that those possibilities don’t turn out the way you had expected. It’s easy to walk into a new job, look at the environment, and wonder “What were they…
Background Story (Continued)
This post is a continuation of last week’s “First, A Bit of Background” So once I had that magical CCNP certification, I finally felt like I needed to move on. I had gained as much experience from that first job as I thought I would, which…