Author Archives: Farzand Ali

Network Engineering Job Requirements

Usual Skills/Certs required for a Network Engineering Job: CCNA/CCNP/CCIE (RnS) (VLANs, HSRP, GLBP, NAT, ACLs, OSPF, EIGRP) Network+/Security+/Storage+ (SAN)/CCNA Sec(VPN, ASA)/Checkpoint Firewall/Juniper (JNCIA, JNCIS-ENT)/Palo Alto/CCNA DC (NX-OS, Nexus)/CCNA Collab (VoIP, QoS)/CCNA SP(MPLS, BGP, IOS-XR)/CCNA Wireless (IOS-XE, Aironet, Meraki, Aruba, Rukus, Aerohive)/Linux (Linux Essentials, LPIC1, LPIC2, Kali Linux)/Vmware/Hyper-V/MCSA (DHCP, DNS, AD)/Wireshark/CEH (Penetration testing)/ITIL/Prince2/CISSP/CCDA/GNS3/F5 load balancer/Netscaler/NMS ToolsContinue reading “Network Engineering Job Requirements”

Smoothwall GNS3 step by step Lab setup

VirtualBox and GNS3 (Smoothwall Virtual Test Labs) GNS3 Test Labs (Smoothwall Labs):   Lab Scenarios: (Please add more Lab scenarios that you think could be useful)   1. Cisco IOS Router (7200 series) with NATTing connected to the internet (ACLs configured for specific subnets being used behind the Smoothwall). 2. Smoothwall UTM Master and FailoverContinue reading “Smoothwall GNS3 step by step Lab setup”

GNS3 Version 1.3: What’s new for Open-Source Routers

In 2014, the GNS3 development team launched a successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to support development of a major new release, version 1.0, which was released in October that same year. I was happy to support the Kickstarter campaign and now I am finally getting around to taking a look at the new version of GNS3.Continue reading “GNS3 Version 1.3: What’s new for Open-Source Routers”

How to Save Time by Using Snapshots in VirtualBox

Snapshots are a massive time saver when you are testing settings and configuration for your test labs. Read on to see how you can take advantage of them while following along with our articles. The basic idea of a snapshot is that you setup your virtual machine exactly how you want it, take a snapshot,Continue reading “How to Save Time by Using Snapshots in VirtualBox”