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#41

Certifications and Careers / Re: Certification Goals for 20...

Last post by deanwebb - January 05, 2024, 09:05:25 AM

Good job! Hope you passed it!

#42

Certifications and Careers / Re: Certification Goals for 20...

Last post by config t - January 05, 2024, 06:08:12 AM

A little late, but I took the FSCE practical exam yesterday. Definitely a time-management exam. Should have results in a day or two.

#43

Home and Small Office Networking / Re: Strange network speeds

Last post by deanwebb - December 22, 2023, 03:58:22 PM

The streaming is the best speed test of all... there may be a speedtest site that works best with your provider that you may have missed or the AI just sent you to the wrong one.

Also, do you use a wireless mesh or extender for your home? Best results tend to go with mesh systems.

#44

Certifications and Careers / Re: Certification Goals for 20...

Last post by deanwebb - December 22, 2023, 03:55:49 PM

Some genius figured out that they could get a revenue stream instead of being just nice.

#45

Home and Small Office Networking / Strange network speeds

Last post by Marozie - December 22, 2023, 08:56:05 AM

Backstory: I know little to nothing about networking, but I hate paying rental fees, so I've always bought my own modem/ router. I had been using a tp link cr700 with 400mbps service from Astound. If I stood next to the router I could get >=400 on my phone, but the signal degraded significantly around my house (1800 sf, two floors). I would notice this the most streaming video on the second floor where the speed was about 100. Lots of buffering and pixelation, not always but frequently. Since the cr700 is pretty old I thought I would upgrade.
Issue: I got a motorola mb7621 and a tp link ax55. I don't notice any issues with performance, and I haven't had it long but it seems qualitatively that there's an improvement. Streaming works fine from any device, and I can stream from multiple devices at the same time. But when I run a speed test (ookla or ubiquiti) standing right next to the router I get ~7mbps down and <1 up (ookla) or >=7  (ubiquiti). What's going on?

#46

Certifications and Careers / Re: Certification Goals for 20...

Last post by config t - December 21, 2023, 11:47:21 PM

I still have the old lifetime Sec+ but nobody seems to care. Pay and CEU or fu.

#47

Certifications and Careers / Re: Certification Goals for 20...

Last post by icecream-guy - December 19, 2023, 03:14:31 PM

Mine is CCNP but expire, as well.

for all my expired certs, I just put in cert name, start date, end date.
-  Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core certificate, 05/2010 – 01/2023
-  Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) CNSS 4011 Recognition. 02/2011 – 01/2023
-  Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professional Recognition, 02/2011 – 01/2023
-  Cisco ASA Specialist 04/2014 - 04/2016
-  Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional 08/2011 - 08/2014

I also went to the Cisco Cert site and updated resume with certs that I didn't know I had like Cisco Certified Specialist - Enterprise Core


for the current ones, or ones that never expire just since date
-  Certified under the AlgoSec Security Administrators (CASA), since 03/2020
-  Certified under the Splunk Certified Power User 6.x Program, since 06/2018
-  Certified under the Splunk Certified User 6.x Program, since 05/2018
-  IPv6 Forum Gold Network Engineer Certification, since 07/2012

#48

Certifications and Careers / Re: Certification Goals for 20...

Last post by deanwebb - December 19, 2023, 01:01:38 PM

Mine is CCNP but expire, as well.

#49

Certifications and Careers / Re: Certification Goals for 20...

Last post by config t - December 19, 2023, 09:59:46 AM

if you use it, it is worth keeping,  I had mine, moved into network security 5 yrs ago. It kept alive due to pandemic, but once that was over,  I have little need to set local preferences, in BGP, or trying to figure out why my spanning-tree is not working, etc.  never mind the 9300's and their bridge group virtual interfaces, bundle interfaces and integrated routing and bridging, need to understand for security, but implementation, No.

That's the thing, I just don't do it day-to-day anymore. It would be a side project taking my attention away from cloud sec stuff and things.

Going to have to update my resume: CCNP - but expire 

#50

Certifications and Careers / Re: Certification Goals for 20...

Last post by icecream-guy - December 15, 2023, 03:06:35 PM

For the first time in awhile I actually got most of my goals this year. Renewed both CISSP, and CCNP. The CCNP was close I didn't end up with enough credits from Cisco Live, and had to do some online training through U.Cisco to get the last few. The CPEs didn't actually get processed until after the CCNP expired, but they date them to when you took it, and it reactivated. I was a little worried for awhile. I also passed the CCNA-DevNet test. It wasn't too hard.

Now to figure out 2024 goals.

-Otanx

Close call. I had a buddy who lost 2x CCNP by neglecting to renew in time. Guy got it all back though, amazingly. My CCNP is up for renewal next May and I am debating on if I want to keep it at this point. A large part of me says yes even knowing it will be expensive.

if you use it, it is worth keeping,  I had mine, moved into network security 5 yrs ago. It kept alive due to pandemic, but once that was over,  I have little need to set local preferences, in BGP, or trying to figure out why my spanning-tree is not working, etc.  never mind the 9300's and their bridge group virtual interfaces, bundle interfaces and integrated routing and bridging, need to understand for security, but implementation, No.