Category Archives: Router
So You Want to Be a Hacker, Eh?
Let’s get one thing out of the way first. No, this is not about breaking into your school’s grading system, guessing your friend’s Instagram password, or “testing” your neighbor’s WiFi. This is about ethical hacking, also known as cybersecurity, where people are actually paid to find problems before the black hats (Malicious or Illegal hackers) […]
How to Set a Static IP Address on a Cisco Switch or Router
This guide will go through the brief process of Assigning a static management IP Address for your Cisco switch or router, using the command line. 1.) Connect to your switch or router, using your Terminal Emulator. I will be using a computer with Putty installed on it, connected to the switch using a Cisco Rollover […]
VMware Home Lab
The goal of this home lab is to emulate a small business environment. I use a VMware ESXI server to host a Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller, various “user operating systems” consisting of everything from Windows XP/7/10 to assorted flavors of linux and anything else I would like to evaluate. I then use ESXI’s […]