Setting up MRTG Traffic Monitoring On Cisco / Ubiquiti devices in 15 minutes

Before we get into this post. Let’s start with the solution. Let me show you my installation and what you will build. You can access my installation of MRTG here, and click through my ports. Have a play. Traffic monitoring, do you monitor your switch ports? If you don’t I urge you to. In a … Read more

IT Certification – Is It Even Relevant, Should You Get Certified, What Will You Learn And How Do You Pass?

I pose a lot of questions in this title. IT certifications, do you have any? Perhaps you have none, perhaps you have 10, but does it really matter and what do they really prove? 23 years ago, two months after finishing high school I sat my first IT certification exam, and leading up to where … Read more

Converting Cisco Aironet From Lightweight To Autonomous Mode

If I was to assume, my house has better WiFi coverage and is more reliable than yours. Over an 800m2 of my property on multiple levels, my signal strength in a survey averaged -53dBm on 2.4ghz (a bit less on 5ghz) and it cost in 2023, $100. I will get to the details shortly. A … Read more