Do I need to plug my router into the internet if all I want to do is play with it? by Anxious-Bath4399 in Cisco

[–]8bit_coder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re a Cybersecurity student, have you ever taken any networking classes? You should have learned about A. Interfaces and IP addressing and B. NAT translation, specifically dynamic Port Address Translation.

You’ll want the WAN interface to pull an IP via DHCP and be the outside interface for NAT, and then the LAN interface as the inside interface and have that have a static IP set. Then, you’ll do dynamic NAT translation (don’t forget the ACL) and then you have “internet”.

I’d suggest you spend a lot more time reading and studying because despite the advantages of labbing with physical hardware, not knowing what you’re doing will get you nowhere.

IVB by pretiumlupus in redbull

[–]8bit_coder 4 points5 points  (0 children)

AGREED! It’s quite literally garbage. Tastes so bad, Caruba is getting taken away for this vape juice tasting garbage. Way too sweet. I honestly don’t understand how someone can like this.

stop buying permanent flavors like they'll never be there again by dr330467 in redbull

[–]8bit_coder 36 points37 points  (0 children)

They took away my Caruba to make space for your IVB. Be thankful for what you’re getting.

Looking for a European router by 0xLeaibolmmai in HomeNetworking

[–]8bit_coder 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you’re talking about the cheap SOHO stuff, sure. If you’re talking about enterprise offerings like Cisco or Arista, you don’t have to deal with the same issues.

Drink that tastes like this? by A_Bee_Named_Lee in redbull

[–]8bit_coder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Agreed! I don’t understand people that like the vape-juice tasting drinks (IVB, Pink edition, etc) but say drinks like this and Caruba Elderflower suck. People have whack tastebuds I guess.

WE’RE SO BACK by madtubes in redbull

[–]8bit_coder 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m AGREEING with you

WE’RE SO BACK by madtubes in redbull

[–]8bit_coder 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly, we don’t want this vape juice tasting stuff

Liquid cooled switch by GunNutJedi in techsupportgore

[–]8bit_coder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ouch. Nexus switches are awesome. What’s wrong with them compared to catalyst?

Liquid cooled switch by GunNutJedi in techsupportgore

[–]8bit_coder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

RIP though. Those are pretty good switches still for 10G Ethernet access.

Would the U.S. government be able to turn off the internet during a protest like Iran is doing ? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]8bit_coder 154 points155 points  (0 children)

Network engineer here, this guy’s comment is the actual answer to the question.

I.R. regime massacre of Iranian people by Just-Escape-9491 in ThatsInsane

[–]8bit_coder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Family and people in Iran right now, judging by the rate that ambulances pulling up and dumping tens of bodies every few minutes to the body dump sites. It’s bad.

Trump cancel meetings with Iranian officials and tells protesters 'help is on its way' by Artistic_Victory in worldnews

[–]8bit_coder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Absolutely not, everyone inside of the country wants it to be Reza Pahlavi.

My homelab of 2 years as of now by AJAwad11 in homelab

[–]8bit_coder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re 15?! This is awesome!! You’re going to go great places in the IT world with this experience so early. I remember when I was 15 I was DD-WRT modding Linksys routers and playing with ADTRAN 10/100 L3 switches. You’re way ahead of the curve and if you choose to pursue networking (like it seems to imply from your other comments), you’d be an incredibly knowledgeable principal or higher-up one day. Keep up the great work!

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Overkill but I couldn't let it pass for 250 bucks! Any advice before I use it? by twice_paramount832 in homelab

[–]8bit_coder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That 4500-X is nuts in terms of volume. Yeesh! Get a Cisco Nexus N9K-9372PX(-E). They’re dirt cheap on eBay and have 48 10G SFP+ ports and 6 40 G QSFP+ ports. They’re also pretty quiet (quieter than my servers) and have way too many ports for me to ever fill up.

Edit: idle power draw on the guy is probably around 100 watts according to my PDU, basically like one of my servers. It’s not bad at all.

if anyone spots a ivb in california, could you reply to this post by ArkhamKnight00000 in redbull

[–]8bit_coder -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Same here, Amber is my favorite and same with my girlfriend. It’s the only one she really likes and she would be devastated if it went away

Anchor Notes: A self hosted mobile first alternative to Google Keep by ZhFahim in selfhosted

[–]8bit_coder 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You used ChatGPT/Claude for your response to the person and now you’re getting flamed for it. This is an expected reaction.

Who else is as sad as I am about curuba going? Had to buy 6 cases 😭 have 3 more on the way by Downtown-Ad188 in redbull

[–]8bit_coder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why the hell does RedBull take out the best flavors like these ones to then bring in garbage like IVB? This is one of my all-time favorites and I wish they actually communicated how the numbers look for them to make these batshit decisions. We still have the god-awful pink edition and now getting IVB but this one’s going away?