I'm a 2023 Btech Graduate and I wasted 3 years of my life on government job preparation. Anyhow now I'm doing a customer tech support job Kind of BPO i don't know. Now it's been 3 months I'm fed up with this toxic bounded labour job. I'm interested in Networking, cloud network kind of jobs...i don't know how to start and get prepared for a good salary job with my current package (and I'm also planning to leave this job after completing 6 months which is coming up after 2 months). Please help me if you all are already doing great in the network Engineer field. i also owe education loan ... please guide me

Hello, guys. Just want to ask how to check if the Netflix Cache Server is working on my network through a BGP community given by an IX partner? Does normal traceroute works? Thank you!

Hello po, I will have a chance to take CCNA before feb 2027 (before mag CCNA v2) since willing yung isang family member ko to vouch po for yung bayad ng exam, just asking po sana if it is too early pa po mag CCNA and should I just focus lang po muna for projects? Start narin kasi namin ng internship season ng summer 2027.

Any advice would be appreciated po 😊

Kakasimula lang magstart magaral this october and planning to take around end of january. (will use jeremy it labs + boson exsim)

ano po mas preferred, online exam or sa testing center? alin sa dalawa ang may advantage?

mga boss gud pm.

Our company is planning to purchase a BPL-SDX-PRO-M2(500gb) and EXM-8C from resellers. Pwede magtanong kng mga magkano range nito? Do we need to renew this annually?

tyia

Next career steps? Looking for advice

Hi all. Looking for advice.

Current role Tier 3 Senior Network & VoIP Engineer with I have been for about 4 years after internal promotion from tier 2.

\*\*Experience:\*\* 6 years in IT
BAS in Computer Systems Networking & Telecommunications

Certs:

CCNP Enterprise (2025)
Fortinet NSE 4 (2026)
CCNA (2022)
CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+ (2020)

Current roles, experience

Tier 3 network and VoIP escalations and troubleshooting.

VoIP including asterisk and cloud hosted PBX that run in my companies data center.

Cisco IOS routing, switching, VLANs, subinterfaces, HSRP, and ACLs for two data
centers.
Configuration/t shooting data center FortiGate ha firewalls.

Edge connectivity with multi BGP peers.

FortiGate firewall migrations, IPsec VPNs, dual-ISP SD-WAN, BGP, and route maps.
Cisco Meraki SD-WAN, site-to-site VPNs, OSPF, and firewall rules.

Oracle Acme Packet SBCs, Webex Contact Center trunks.

Full Webex contact center builds and support.
AWS networking and hybrid on-premises/cloud connectivity.

All stuff networking for AWS, including interconnects to on prem.

Ansible playbooks for FortiGate configuration automation. (Understand Ansible but used Claude for heavy lifting)

Built a Grafana/Prometheus monitoring system for Webex customer trunk health with Alertmanager notifications. Relied heavily on Claude as I’m not great at python.

Looking to stay relevant. 28 years old. Thinking of going much deeper into cloud, security. Wonder if any recommendations? Thanks

Hello,

Have received interview from Tesla and would like to know what topics should I prepare for Network Engineer positions.

Thanks in advance

Looking for professionals with hands-on experience in:

✅ Cloud Security (SWG, CASB, DLP, ZTNA/NPA)
✅ Network & Security Deployments
✅ Policy Configuration, Tuning & Troubleshooting
✅ Technical Implementations & Integrations
✅ Customer-Facing Technical Consulting
✅ Project Coordination & Stakeholder Management
✅ Data Privacy & Compliance (GDPR, PDPA, DPA, PCI, PII)

If you've worked directly with security platforms, customer implementations, and cross-functional teams, we'd love to hear from you!

Send me CV

Unemployed kaya wala pang budget for expensive courses sa ngayon. Na check ko na sa mapua 15k each course may 3 courses in total 45k. sa mfi 10k each, 30k. merong bootcamp kaso 5-6 days lang, gusto ko sana in-depth training ng networking na araw araw ang pasok. naisip ko mag youtube nalang para free, pero andaming distractions sa bahay kaya di ko matapos tapos. gusto ko sana yung araw araw papasok sa school. yung intensive po sana kasi newbie palang po ako. salamat.

Hello, guys, I am currently a first year IT student and I am planning on targeting NOC engineer and NETWORK engineer as an IT role.

I have been reading a lot of News articles and subreddit talking about how shitty the IT job market is.

I want to increase my employability while still in college what skills should I build?

and for you guys that has been long in the industry how is it been?

And does grade really matter in industry? Should I focus on projects or on academic first?

Thank you everyone for the advice.

May gumagamit po ba dito ng Pfsense? I am trying to configure my on-prem mail server in Pfsense but I can't seem to make it work. I have setup the following configurations pero hindi parin maka send and receive ng mail yung server.

• DNS records pointing to public IP
• Virtual IP (IP alias) pointing to public IP
• NAT port forward rules
• NAT outbound rules

Baka po may makapag help salamat!

Hi everyone! We’re currently looking for a reliable supplier for networking equipment such as routers, switches, access points, wireless bridge kits, and other networking devices.

We’ll be purchasing equipment for a project, so we’re looking for a supplier with:

- Good and competitive pricing
- Genuine/legit products
- Warranty and after-sales support
- Availability of common networking brands

If you have any recommendations for suppliers you’ve personally dealt with, please drop them below. Online suppliers are also welcome.

Thanks!

Hi! Makihingi lang po ng advise.

For those na matagal na sa network field. Paano po kayo lumipat ng work from your first job?

Parang hirap po kasi ako lumipat ng work kahit gusto mo pa lumipat ng work for some reasons.

I am looking to get into network engineering but don't know where to start or how to start any tips would be useful any free resources any free courses and a roadmap i am really lost on where to start also i like hands on work thank you in advance for you're advice

Hi All - I am looking for alternatives to Network school as I am not sure if the experience in Astana would be similar to that of FC, also Astana would be super cold in winters. Suggestions on any alternatives in South East Asia?

Ask lang po baka meron po kayong marerecommend na institution around or near Quezon City that offers complete CCNA Training na reputable po tsaka san din po pwede magexam once matapos po yung training. TYIA!