flexin1981

A lot!
 
Start with basic things:
IPv4/6
Wireshark
Protocols (Learn the basics, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, SSL, TLS, IMAP, POP, RDP, etc.)
Learn a packets structure(TCP/IP and UDP)
Firewalls
Proxies
VPN
Learn about sockets
Subnetting
HTTP GET and POST requests.
TCP(SYN, ACK)
 
Much more.

Redundancy would be one answer, also It can improve bandwidth on some switches, like I say it would depend on the switch that you have and the hashing that it uses to calculate the link. This tech was only really for inter switch communication where you have multiple hosts traversing a trunk between switches. 

echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------"echo "| __ __ ____ _ _ |"echo "| | \/ | ___ _ __ _ _ | __ ) __ _ | |_ ___ | |__ |"echo "| | |\/| | / _ \ | '_ \ | | | | | _ \ / _` | | __| / __| | '_ \ |"echo "| | | | | | __/ | | | | | |_| | | |_) | | (_| | | |_ | (__ | | | | |"echo "| |_| |_| \___| |_| |_| \__,_| |____/ \__,_| \__| \___| |_| |_| |"echo "--------------------------------------------------------------------------" This seems to work for me adding the "" around the statement. As I have said though I am no expert.

I have the CCNP and it is really only effective to get you in the door of a company. Most companies are really good at finding the people that have just "paper" CCNP's.
 
I am really glad though that I got it as the number of recruiters that contact me to try to "poach" me has gone through the roof and that always equates to more money.
 
My advice is to steer clear of dumps just to get the paper and do it for real, If you can pass it without the dumps then you should see the benefit from it.
 
As for the study materials, I have a lot of the older books as I took the old versions of the route/switch/tshoot, but they would still be really good resources, I would also make GNS3 and packet tracer your friends.
 
If you guys have any questions thought from your studies please hit me up.

I have the CCNP and it is really only effective to get you in the door of a company. Most companies are really good at finding the people that have just "paper" CCNP's.
 
I am really glad though that I got it as the number of recruiters that contact me to try to "poach" me has gone through the roof and that always equates to more money.
 
My advice is to steer clear of dumps just to get the paper and do it for real, If you can pass it without the dumps then you should see the benefit from it.
 
As for the study materials, I have a lot of the older books as I took the old versions of the route/switch/tshoot, but they would still be really good resources, I would also make GNS3 and packet tracer your friends.
 
If you guys have any questions thought from your studies please hit me up.

http://www.codecademy.com/ is a good start to learn a language.
 
for the actual language to learn this would depend on the goal of what you want to code. If this is standalone apps then Python is a good bet, if you are looking for web dev them java/html is good. 

The only part I disagree with is with IDE's.
 
Yes when working on small projects Notepad, Notepadd++, Sublime Text or whatever are great. However, as systems become more complex, use Object Orientated PHP or you use a framework an IDE becomes an invaluable tool for navigating through what could be thousands of files.
 
Also knowing how to use IDE's correctly is important, when interviewing for a job you will be asked which IDE's you have experience with. Writing code in Notepad might sound cool to your mates but a business will know you will find it difficult to lean a new IDE as well as learning how their code is structured and how it works.

sure that should work, remember to keep the run under 100 meters and protect it as best you can.

You need a lot of programming skill/experience to do this well. If you don't already know a language then I don't recommend trying to do this.

Hey Jameyscott
 
This wont give you anywhere near the bandwidth that you are expecting, the issue here is that this technology was invented for larger organisations.
 
As such the algorithm that load balances over the physical links uses a hashing of anything from just the source IP of the packet right through to the source IP, destination IP and the ports to choose the link. worst case is if it is just the source IP then you will only ever use one link as the hash will always come out the same. Best case it uses the ports and it can be a bit more random. 
 
This was always designed for switch to switch communication as there is many IP's/ports flowing over the bundled link and then the law of averages will even things out.

so what is the goal here,
 
if this is to increase the bandwidth you may just be burning cash if the device only supports source IP hashing on the LACP then you would only ever use a single link from the bundle anyway and therefore only get the gig that you had anyway (minus the LACP overhead of course).
 
maybe I have missed something here 

LACP is not load balancing,
 
it is link aggregation, for it to do the best job it would need to negotiate at both the device end and the switch end. You can windows team at the device end only if you wish but this would only be aggregation outbound.
 
If you are expecting the inbound connections to be aggregated to the NAS then it is vital that the switch is LACP compatible or again you would be limited to only one inbound link for all the connections.
 
Lets assume that you you have the most optimal conditions and that you have 2 workstations connecting to the one NAS and the NAS had a 4 port LAG and the LACP algorithm chooses a different port for each machine you are still going to be limited by that port for that connection. It is not true load balancing it does not send one frame down one link then the next frame down another link, that connection is still limited by that link speed, and the chances are that all connections from that machine to the NAS will go down that same link.
 
In reality unless you are connecting two switches together then LACP really isn't going to do much for you.  

although trace-route can be an indication, ISP's often give low priority to ICMP by default. I would try a tcp trace-route which takes this one step further and can see how the type of traffic is getting prioritized.
 
You would need to download a tools to do this something like this.
 
http://www.elifulkerson.com/projects/tcproute.php

the funner thing to do would be to have a central server ONLY to facilitate the direct connection between clients. so all the server actually handles is client login and logout commands. after that, each client communicates directly to the other client, cutting out the server. but thats just something i would do

Sorry to chime in so late here,
 
I use python for work and C# for home, and for a beginner in programming I would definitely recommend python but C# with it's built in event driven model  will suit this type of app.
 
Python on the other hand requires modules to get both the GUI and event driven aspects and this would add time to learn the language and complexity. 
 
You are right in saying that python is easier to learn and use but it lacks the key programming models out of the box.
 
As for the link that you have given this is an example of C#

Nice, 
 
good job 

Hey Guys, 
 
Thanks to @cesrai for the shout on this one :-) seem like I have gained a name as the interference king LOL.
 
As for this situation my first port of call would be to check out the following thread (http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/275605-wifi-randomly-disconnects/).
 
The troubleshooting steps there would still be valid in this case to check for interference. 
 
Also have you checked the speed from the AP if you sit right next to it, the reason that I say this is that all AP's will sacrifice speed for distance.
 
Another test that you can do is test for packet loss on the WiFi is to ping 8.8.8.8 with a repeat of 1000 and see how much loss you get (if any) here is the windows command.
ping 8.8.8.8 -n 1000 -l 1500 If you have any packet loss this is another indication of either interference or trouble in your provider.
 
Let me know how you get on with all of this and if you have any questions let em know.
 
John.

This would depend,
 
The information given on the situation is not enough to make a diagnosis on this, I am just putting forward the most likely from my experience in  deploying this type of access.
 
The first thing that I would do to try a find out if this is the issue is look at the amount SSID's showing in your area, is there a lot ?
 
once you have that use a tool such ad this http://www.inssider.com/ to see what channels the other AP's are using if you can find one that is free (or the least used) 1, 6, 11 are good choices if you can as they are not overlapping. Then change your to use that.
 
If all of this does not help then use the tool again I think the free one comes with the spectrum analyzer to look for other sources of interference. IE cordless phones, microwaves. 
 
If it is interference then buying a new AP is not going to help you.
 
If you need any further advice or have any questions please let me know.
 
John.