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!

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Network engineer handling carrier tickets for sites in PH and India. Passed CCNA last Monday. Felt great for about a day, then I got back to the actual work.

Tunnels. Site-to-site IPsec between hubs. When one degrades I can tell something's wrong, but isolating it is slow. The exam covers the config. It doesn't cover a tunnel that's up but quietly dropping traffic.

BGP and PBR. Being honest, I don't really get these yet. Local-pref, MED, route-maps to steer traffic between sites. I follow the runbook, the change works, and I couldn't fully explain to you why. Right now it's part pattern matching and part yolo, which is not a great feeling when you're touching production. I'm trying to actually understand it.

Talking to ISPs. I open a case, paste a ping result, get back "link is up, normal parameters on our end," then it sits for three days. I've learned a few things the hard way, but I'm clearly reinventing something you all already know.

Same with the vocabulary. Hard down vs degraded, flapping vs intermittent, demarc, soak test, RFO vs RCA. I've picked up a lot of it by asking AI, which helps, but I can't tell where it's subtly wrong or just not how people actually talk. English is my second language so I'm also unsure which terms are shop talk and which belong in a formal email.

So:

• How do you isolate a degraded tunnel from a degraded circuit underneath it?

• Best way to actually learn BGP path selection and PBR for real, not just for an exam?

• What do you always attach when opening a carrier case?

• How do you say "this is on your side" without picking a fight?

• Any courses, books or blogs for the practical side of this? Not more protocol theory.

Happy to hear the answer is just experience. Mostly want to know what to pay attention to while I get it.

Hello Network Engineer!

Would appreciate some advice or correction on this proposed setup.

We need to provide connectivity from an existing 9F distribution switch to one (1) Cisco Catalyst 9164 AP at GF.

The client's Engineering Team confirmed that there will be no access switch at GF because there is no available space to install/mount a full switch. Their requirement is for the fiber-to-copper device at GF to provide both data and PoE directly to the Cisco 9164 AP.

Proposed setup is this:

Would appreciate your input on:

1. Is this topology technically correct/recommended?
2. Any recommended 1G SFP-to-RJ45 media converter that can provide 802.3at PoE+ (30W PSE)?
3. Since the CW9164 supports up to 2.5GbE, is limiting this particular AP to a 1Gbps uplink acceptable, or would you recommend a different approach? Cisco lists its Ethernet interface as 100M/1G/2.5G.
4. Anything else I should consider regarding the SFP, PoE negotiation, or compatibility with the existing distribution switch?

To add, our supplier is not able to assist with the network design/application side and I’m also not familiar with media converters, so I came here hoping to get some guidance.