Mistakes We All Make #2: One Man’s Trash..

A recent CBC news story detailing the recovery of a 30 gigabyte hard drive containing personally-identifiable information of military personnel at a local recycling depot compelled me to share a similar experience regarding improper disposal and sanitation of IT assets. In my previous article, I described how I had begun to build a CCNA test […]

Mistakes I Made #1: The Quest for Ping

Here’s one in a series of many stories of failure, frustration, and figuring things out. I’ve been studying for Cisco’s CCNA certification recently and decided to purchase some older gear in order to set up a test lab, familiarize myself with IOS, and get used to the the physical wiring/configuration of these devices. Thus far, […]