Any people here with computer networking skills?

[zerox 1,135]

just wondering if we have any networking people here.

I know the following stuff: LAN, MAN, WAN, IP, TCP/IP, HOSTS file, DNS, DHCP, FTP, SMTP, POP, ports, IMAP, IPCONFIG, PING, TRACERT, NAS, PROXY,...etc stuff that I forgot mention.

sucks for me that I always think that I don't know enough. I know people going to computer/tech universities and don't know how to clone a HDD. :/

Edited March 28, 2017 by zerox

[TwilightPomegranate 324]

Not much, but I do know a few things about it,

[Verily British 145]

I'm actually currently on a Computer Networks and Security degree at Staffordshire University. However I'm only in my first year and I'm only really familiar with the design and configuration of networks based off of Cisco kit. Come back to me in a couple of years and maybe I'll be able to hold an actual conversation about it.

[zerox 1,135]

27 minutes ago, Verily British said:

I'm actually currently on a Computer Networks and Security degree at Staffordshire University. However I'm only in my first year and I'm only really familiar with the design and configuration of networks based off of Cisco kit. Come back to me in a couple of years and maybe I'll be able to hold an actual conversation about it.

how does that look anyway?

all I had to learn computer networks was a 112 page PDF, wikipedia, google and ~1month of school. it took a lot of effort but I passed the test.

[Verily British 145]

6 minutes ago, zerox said:

how does that look anyway?

all I had to learn computer networks was a 112 page PDF, wikipedia, google and ~1month of school. it took a lot of effort but I passed the test.

I'm not 100% sure what you mean by this. Do you want to know what Cisco kit looks like? How the topologies look, the configuration? Because whatever you learnt was likely tailored around Cisco, they have something around an 80% marketshare in computer networks. The only other networking company I'm familiar with is Juniper, and I only know of them by name, haven't gotten around to messing with their kit yet.

Edited March 28, 2017 by Verily British

[zerox 1,135]

I'm just interested how in general does the thing look like because I never heard about it/never seen it.

[Verily British 145]

Well, there are many different pieces of Cisco kit:

You've got their Switches:

(Here we have some of their Catalyst switches)

 

You've got their routers:

Firewalls:

Layer 3 Switches:

 

You've got topologies, which I think are the same regardless of the brand you're using.

And you've got some basic configuration for some switches: (This was taken from a piece of my own case study work about a simple hospital network)

enable 
conf t
interface range fa0/1 - 24
    spanning-tree portfast
    no shut
    exit
interface range g0/1 - 2
    switchport mode trunk
    no shut
    exit
no ip domain-lookup
enable secret class
hostname [S1 - 11]
banner motd #
    !!UNAUTHORISED ACCESS IS PROHIBITED!!#
line con 0
    password cisco
    login
exec-timeout 5    
logging synchronous
    exit
line vty 0 15
    password cisco
    login
    exec-timeout 5
    logging synchronous
    exit
vlan 90
    name NetworkManagement
    interface vlan 90
vlan 100
    name MedicalDevices
    interface vlan 100
vlan 110
    name VOIPDevices
    interface vlan 110
vlan 120
    name Doctors&Consultants
    interface vlan 120
vlan 130
    name IPCameras
    interface vlan 130
vlan 140
    name Administration
    interface vlan 140
vlan 150
    name Security
    interface vlan 150
vlan 160
    name Fire&Security
    interface vlan 160
vlan 170
    name Printing&Scanning
    interface vlan 170
vlan 180
    name Video
    interface vlan 180
vlan 190
    name HelpKiosks
    interface vlan 190
vlan 200
    name Servers
    interface vlan 200
    end
service password-encryption
copy running-config startup-config
conf t
interface fa0/1
    switchport access vlan 100
interface fa0/2
    switchport access vlan 110
interface fa0/3
    switchport access vlan 120
interface fa0/4
    switchport access vlan 130
interface fa0/5
    switchport access vlan 140
interface fa0/6
    switchport access vlan 150
interface fa0/7
    switchport access vlan 160
interface fa0/8
    switchport access vlan 170
interface fa0/9
    switchport access vlan 180
interface fa0/10
    switchport access vlan 190
interface fa0/11
    switchport access vlan 200

[Vertigo_95 572]

As a Computer Science major I should learn it at some point, but currently I know very little.

[zerox 1,135]

Oh and something interesting. some time ago a warned one of my friends that running a website and forum on port 80/HTTP is not safe as people can sniff people's usernames and passwords but he ignored that. I found it odd that he didn't care yet he made 300-500eur from adsense every month.

[AppleDashPoni 165]

Interestingly enough, I know a ton about networking in general but most of my experience is with Linux and with Mikrotik devices. I've never touched a Cisco device in my life, and I never plan to if I don't absolutely have to (Don't want a job in this field, prefer it as a hobby as it is far too stressful.)

 

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All I have work with is Javascript and Putty.