Category Archives: What I Did Today

I logged into homebase first thing. Then, I started working on my lab. Today I built a virtual network using pfSense, Windows, and Debian in VirtualBox. I configured DHCP and fixed my IP settings so both VMs could communicate and access the internet. I also tested the network using ping, nslookup, and traceroute to confirm …

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Today we watched the Networking Tools presentation and reviewed terminology and tools like ipconfig, ping, traceroute, and nslookup. We worked on the Networking project: configure the two VM to use pfSense and be part of a local network. We tested the IP addresses by using ipconfig and ip a to get the LAN IP addresses, …

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Today I continued to work on the networking lab. I started to create the network diagram.

Today, we created our staff bios for the Sunshine Express website. It was good practice for marketing ourselves. Then we created Google Calendar events for real events and invited everyone in the class via Calendar. We learned about sticky keys, very useful.

I logged into Homebase. I practiced my typing. I published a bio on a website. I also worked on inviting others to events via Google Calendar.

I typed at the beginning of the class. I added my profile. We learned it on “Add Bio”. I had a chance to practice on Google Calendar. I invited all my classmates to an event in San Francisco.

Today I focused on Michael Curran’s lecture and instructions, worked on my Sunshine Express Bio, and also practiced on the Google calendar event invitations.

Today I started by working on new job listings for the website. I always enjoy searching for opportunities that may be helpful for participants who are currently looking for work. I also spent time researching upcoming career fairs and networking events. I found a variety of different types of career fairs that may be useful …

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Today I logged into homebase. I created a new ticket for this week’s lab. I configured a virtual network using VirtualBox with a pfSense router, a Windows VM, and a Debian VM. I set the LAN address to 192.168.0.1 and enabled DHCP to assign IP addresses to the VMs. I verified the configuration by renewing …

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Today I started to work on the Networking lab. I learned how to set up a virtual router, and we will work on getting the virtual machines to connect to the network.