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Firewall Management Interfaces - PCNSA

Firewall Management Interfaces - PCNSA

I just finished up the PCNSA Study Guide and now I’m going back to review and lab as much as possible. Gaining access to a Palo Alto Networks firewall is an obvious task in order to manage the firewall. There are different ways to manage the firewall and I’

Upgrading Firewall PAN-OS Version

Upgrading Firewall PAN-OS Version

Upgrading the software of a Palo Alto Networks firewall (PAN-OS) can be daunting if it’s running in production. If you’ve been in IT long enough, you’ve come across some nightmare upgrades. The PAN-OS software upgrade is fairly straight forward. There’s plenty of documentation around

Podcasting with Rodecaster Pro

6 Years Podcasting

When I took audio and visual in high school, I never knew I’d be using what I’ve learned to create a podcast. On August 2015, I decided to get out of my comfort zone and start my own podcast - Clear to Send. It was my way to learn

Upgrade an HA Firewall Pair - Palo Alto Networks

Upgrade an HA Firewall Pair - Palo Alto Networks

Upgrading software on firewalls can be daunting. It's even scarier when they're in high availability (HA) mode. Palo Alto Networks firewalls can be configured as an HA pair. But Network administrators are afraid of the pair breaking causing some sort of split-brain scenario. Or maybe

My Q3 2021 Income Report

My Q3 2021 Income Report

We're nearly at the end of 2021 and the Q3 quarterly income report is here. The purpose of publishing these income reports is to summarize how my side business of IT consulting is performing, where revenue comes from, and to analyze expenses. Highlights of Q3 Kicked off an

Allow Ping and Traceroute to Prisma SD-WAN ION

Allow Ping and Traceroute to Prisma SD-WAN ION

One way to know whether your configurations have gone right is if you can ping certain IP addresses. When I was migrating a network to a Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN ION, I wanted to ensure it had network connectivity. The way I had planned to do that was

Aruba IAP-514 for APoS

Aruba IAP-514 for APoS

My trusty Aruba IAP-514 has been sitting collecting dust for a while since I've let my Aruba Central license expire. But I've renewed interest in my Aruba IAP because apparently I can run it in standalone mode. There's an upcoming project where I