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17/09/2026

TrueNAS Just Fixed One of Proxmox’s Biggest Storage Headaches. Here's the well-written article. You may have a look.

https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/2026/09/truenas-just-fixed-one-of-proxmoxs-biggest-storage-headaches/

Facebook Community : Keep learning and upgrade your skills by using every corner. 🤝

PS: We don't own this website where the article is published so it's not a promotional post. Thankyou

The new TrueNAS Proxmox plugin automates VM storage, ZFS snapshots, iSCSI, and NVMe/TCP while removing manual LUN management.

02/09/2026

Enterprise Network Architecture - From Internet to End Devices

Sharing a simple overview of an enterprise network architecture and how different network components work together to provide secure and reliable connectivity.

1. Internet:

2. ISP Router: The ISP router provides the connection between the organization's internal network and the Internet.

3. Firewall: The firewall acts as a security layer, monitoring and controlling incoming and outgoing network traffic based on defined security policies.

4. Core Switch: The core layer provides high-speed connectivity and acts as the backbone for communication between different network segments.

5. 10G Fiber Uplink: High-speed 10 Gigabit fiber connectivity is used between the core and access layers to provide greater bandwidth and reduce network bottlenecks.

6. Cisco C9200L-48P-4X-E Access Switch: The access layer connects end devices to the network, including:

7. End Devices:
• IP Phones
• PCs
• Wi-Fi Access Points
• CCTV Cameras
• Printers

This architecture demonstrates how network connectivity, security, scalability, and centralized infrastructure can be combined to build a reliable enterprise environment.

As a Cybersecurity/SOC/Networking professional, understanding the underlying network architecture is extremely important because network visibility and security monitoring start with understanding how devices communicate.

01/09/2026

NETWORKING COMMANDS YOU SHOULD KNOW (WINDOWS + LINUX)

Whether you're a Network Administrator, System Administrator, IT Support Engineer, Network Engineer, or aspiring IT professional, knowing the right command can turn troubleshooting from guesswork into a structured process.
We’ve combined essential Windows + Linux networking commands into one practical quick-reference sheet. 🖥️🐧

🔹 Windows Commands:
• ipconfig - Check IP configuration
• ipconfig /all - View detailed network information
• ipconfig /flushdns - Clear DNS cache
• tracert - Trace the network path
• nslookup - Troubleshoot DNS
• netstat - View active connections
• arp - Check ARP information
• netsh - Configure network settings

🔹 Linux Commands:
• ip addr - View IP addresses & interfaces
• ip route - Check routing information
• ping - Test connectivity
• traceroute - Trace network paths
• ss - Check listening ports & connections
• nmcli - Manage network configuration
• arp - View ARP information
• resolvectl - Check DNS configuration
• ufw / iptables - Manage firewall rules

💡 The real skill isn't memorizing commands. It's knowing which command to use, what the output means, and what to troubleshoot next.

📌 Save this post for your next networking lab or troubleshooting session.

👥 Share it with a friend who is learning Networking, Linux, Windows Server, or System Administration.

👇 Challenge:
If you could keep only 3 networking commands in your troubleshooting toolkit, which 3 would you choose?
Tell us in the comments. 👇

Networkzon - Learn. Practice. Troubleshoot. Succeed.

31/08/2026

A lot of IT professionals don't have a certification problem. They have a direction problem.

They study CCNA.

Then they hear AWS is better.

Someone tells them to learn cybersecurity.

Another person says DevOps is where the money is.

Then they start Linux.

Then Python.

Then Azure.

Six months later, they've touched 7 technologies but aren't job-ready in any of them.

I've seen this happen repeatedly.

The solution isn't always another course.
Sometimes you need to stop and answer three questions:
1. What role am I targeting?
2. What skills does that role actually require?
3. What should I learn next and what should I ignore for now?

If you're currently stuck between networking, cybersecurity, cloud, DevOps or another IT path, tell me what you're considering in COMMENT.

Don't collect technologies. Build a career path.

31/08/2026

The skills you build today can shape the opportunities you get tomorrow.

Don’t wait for the “perfect” opportunity.

Learn. Practice. Improve. Repeat.

√ Every new skill you develop adds another tool to your career.
√ Every project you complete builds confidence.
√ Every challenge you overcome brings you one step closer to your goals.

Your future career is being built by what you choose to learn today.

Start building your skills.
Start building your future.

Networkzon - Learn Skills. Build Careers.

29/08/2026

A little before-and-after from our server room makeover. What started as a tangled web of cables is now a much cleaner, structured and maintainable setup.

Good infrastructure isn't just about what's running it's also about how well it's organized.

29/08/2026

🛡️ Build Your Own Open-Source SOC Stack, Without Spending a Fortune

You don't always need an expensive enterprise security platform to build a capable security monitoring environment.

For a home lab, SMB, or startup, here's an open-source-friendly SOC stack worth exploring:

• SIEM & Endpoint Security - Wazuh
Collect logs, monitor endpoints, detect threats, perform vulnerability assessment, and investigate security events.

• DFIR & Endpoint Visibility - Velociraptor
Great for digital forensics, incident response, endpoint hunting, and collecting forensic evidence.

• Firewall - pfSense
Network firewall, routing, VPN, VLANs, IDS/IPS integrations, and traffic control.

• Network Detection - Suricata / Zeek
Monitor network traffic and detect suspicious activity. Suricata focuses heavily on IDS/IPS and threat detection, while Zeek provides rich network telemetry for investigation.

• Web Application Firewall - SafeLine
Protect web applications from common attacks such as SQL injection, XSS, malicious requests, and other application-layer threats.

• Threat Intelligence - MISP / OpenCTI
Correlate indicators of compromise (IOCs), threat intelligence, campaigns, and adversary information.

• Cloud & DDoS Protection - Cloudflare
Add DNS, CDN, WAF, rate limiting, and DDoS protection in front of internet-facing applications.

• Case Management/Response - TheHive
Useful for turning alerts into structured investigations and incident-response cases.

How the pieces fit together:
Internet > Cloudflare > SafeLine > pfSense > Network/Endpoints

Then:
Endpoints > Wazuh + Velociraptor
Network Traffic > Suricata / Zeek
Alerts & IOCs > Wazuh + Threat Intelligence > Investigation > TheHive

The goal isn't to deploy every tool.

The goal is to build a security architecture where you can:

Detect > Investigate > Respond > Learn

💡 For a beginner: Start with Wazuh + pfSense.

💡 For a homelab: Add Suricata/Zeek + Velociraptor.

💡 For an SMB/startup: Add Cloudflare + SafeLine + threat intelligence + case management based on your actual requirements.

Important: Open source doesn't mean zero cost. You'll still need hardware/cloud resources, configuration, maintenance, monitoring, backups, and security expertise.

What would you add to this open-source SOC stack?

Drop your favorite security tool below 👇

27/08/2026

Azure Daily Practice Question
🎯 Azure Admins & Cloud Engineers - what’s your answer?

You need new inbound NAT rules on LB1 for RDP 3389 to VM1 and VM2. What must exist FIRST?

A. A load balancing rule
B. A health probe
C. A frontend IP address
D. A backend pool

👇 Comment your answer: A, B, C, or D.

Don’t look it up and test your Azure knowledge! 😎

Let’s see how many get this one right!

27/08/2026

📢 CISSP Daily Practice Question
🎯 CISSP candidates can you get this one right?

A federal security engineer needs a digital signature algorithm that complies with FIPS 186-5. Which option is NOT an approved algorithm?

A. RSA
B. ECDSA
C..HAVAL
D. EdDSA

👇 Drop your answer in the comments: A, B, C, or D.
No Googling! 😄

Let’s see how many CISSP candidates can nail this one.

25/03/2024

Wishing you all a happy Holi. Festival of colours, entertainment, and spreading love 🤳
We are Networkzon ❤️