The main reason why I wanted to create a blog is that I have many notes on OneNote and my Microsoft account keeps reminding me that I am running out of space. Actually this is my second account, the first one ran out of space a year ago. Normally, you get 5 GB of free storage when you sign up for OneDrive, but you can upgrade for a better plan. 50GB costs 1.99£ per month (December 2018). On a Desktop computer the interface is very easy to use and I quickly added videos and print screens on my notes, but it takes so much storage by caching unnecessary information. On portables devices, the app simply doesn’t work with the amount of notes I have and the web interface is not really good. So I want a really easy hosting entity where I can store my notes and access them whenever I want.
My first attempt at doing this was Wordpress, but the options are very limited with the free version. You only get 3GB of storage. I tried to integrate with Google Drive where I have 15GB free space, but plugins don’t work with the free version. So I am giving a try to Blogger, which seems to be the only solution for the moment. In other words, I want easy access to my networking notes from any device and I think posting them online is the best option for me. Also, there are various technologies that you set up once and you don’t have to reconfigure or troubleshoot for maybe months or years because they just work. So, it is nice to have a good reference point if you want to go back to troubleshoot or configure similar technologies on a different environment.
The best way to find out if you know a specific topic or technology is by trying to explain it to someone in plain English. This is what I will try to do here. There are simple questions like “Why we use certificates?”, “What is an IP address?” which I believe many IT people have difficulties answering, because they don’t really deeply understand those terms. So I hope this blog will help close the technology gaps others and myself may have.
When I started my Cisco CCNA 8 years ago, I only had the official Cisco books. I didn’t have the budget to buy a real Cisco kit to start practising. Various forums helped me understand that there are different simulators (PacketTracer) and emulators (GNS3), I could find lab files people have created for the purposes on CCNA. Therefore, I will try to do something similar and share the knowledge for the people that need it.
When you create your own lab, you are luckily to spend a lot of time researching and troubleshooting but this time is really valuable and helps you to build the skills that you need daily for real life scenarios. I have created numerous labs that involve different technologies, including vendors VMWare, Cisco, Microsoft, Linux, VEEAM, PRTG etc. so I feel I can help people that share the same interests to create their own personal labs.
In addition, I believe that writing a blog it is a good way to show to people that do not know you, for example recruiters or employers, that you have worked with specific technologies. I believe that spending some of your personal time to learn about new technologies is always appreciated by people that are interested in you and your work.
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