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    Difference between a Cisco firewall and my default firewall

    I don't know if I'd put Ubiquiti on the same tier as something like Linksys, I've always seen it as more of a "prosumer" grade product line. I'd say that anything that you can manage with a controller isn't really meant for typical home use, actually.
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    Difference between a Cisco firewall and my default firewall

    Intended use and everything that goes with it. Your home router has a basic packet filter slapped on for some basic, added protection. Some of the more advanced ones will even have stateful inspection. I'm sure that NGFW features will make it to the consumer market in due time. The main...
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    i need help with my port forwarding

    I have to ask the obvious questions: 1) Does your server have its IP statically set to 10.0.0.52? If it's on DHCP then the IP could have changed. 2) Is the service up, and is it listening on the specified ports? One way to test this is to use another device on your LAN and try to telnet to...
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    Advice please - smart tv/internet/video

    Try Chromecast or something similar - you plug it into the TV's HDMI port and you can stream video to it from a mobile device, like your phone or a tablet.
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    College IT Career Help

    No. Having an associate's is not as good as a bachelor's, but it's better than nothing. Having a second associate's would be pretty worthless. I would go for an associate's that can be transferred to a 4 year school - at some point you will probably want a bachelor's. You don't need one to...
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    Is a Security+ certification really worth anything?

    Net+ isn't worth a whole lot. It's not completely useless but most networking jobs are going to want a vendor cert like CCNA.
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    Help with networking setup - 2 buildings

    If you have tenants that you're sharing your internet connection with then using a guest wifi option on your router (if it has it) would work. If they're going to be cabled in then I'd definitely use VLANs to separate the traffic.
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    Securing NAS setup

    It sounds like you're a smaller operation, in which case the only practical methods are user education and backups. Follow the 3-2-1 backup method and make sure your users know what to watch out for and aren't clicking on malicious links or getting suckered by phishing emails and scam phone...
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    Help with networking setup - 2 buildings

    Your diagram is a bit off, maybe it's just mislabeled. It should be ISP -> modem -> router -> switch. Apart from that, what you propose should work. Ideally you would bury a cable no longer than 300 ft. between the two buildings, but a wireless bridge is also an option. You'll need managed...
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    User Login for business internet

    What you're looking for is going to be more complicated than your typical consumer grade home wifi setup. Probably the easiest way to do it is to take a home router and flash it with compatible third party firmware, like DD-WRT or Tomato. Usually there will be an option to setup a captive...
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    Vent/advice

    Don't just hope for it - actively take steps to ensure that it does. I don't know what your job situation is like, but even if there is no hope of advancing you should still be trying to learn and to get more responsibilities. Get to know your coworkers and supervisors. Add them to your...
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    To discuss VoIP phones

    You would typically separate voip from data traffic on the same network by putting them in different VLANs. You can run IP phones on a flat network but performance will suffer on most business networks.
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    Vent/advice

    Call centers are rough, but you'll get past the jitters. Once you get past that is where you start hating life. I kid, but only sort of. Fake it 'til you make it. Don't be afraid to ask your supervisor and coworkers how they would handle certain situations. You can mess up a few calls, one or...
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    Some much needed career advice ...

    What's your goal? Development and infrastructure are usually different career paths, so going with one doesn't really help you get into the other. If you want to get into web development then a helpdesk or repair tech job won't help very much with that. The first thing I would do is try to...
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    Dual WAN Dual Lan Failover

    A quick google search tells me that the Draytek Vigor routers should support dual WANs.
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