If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.
–Albert Einstein
The truest test to determine whether you know something or not is to try to explain it to someone else. Often, it’s in the process of explaining it to another that you finally master it yourself. I’ve found this to be true throughout my networking career. It has caused me to embrace new technologies and concepts with a mindset of learning them to teach them to someone else.
That is what I want to do with this blog. I’ve learned a lot in my networking career, and in an effort to truly master what I’ve learned, I would like to share it with the world.
However, I want to do more than simply paraphrase the countless other resources on the Internet. I want to teach networking in a way that is practical and applicable. In a way that is easy to understand, and (more importantly), easy to pass on.
The internet is full of entry level articles meant to provide 30,000 foot views of concepts or technologies.
The internet is also full of engineering level documents that were written by engineers and for engineers, which sometimes require engineering degrees to comprehend.
The intent of this blog is to bridge that gap.
Having reviewed most of your site, I can say you have succeeded in your mission.
I only wish I had found your site earlier, because your explanations and illustrations make networking principles accessible to people from networking engineers to laypersons that are setting up a router or vlan-aware switch at home.
Your comment, “Often, it’s in the process of explaining it to another that you finally master it yourself.” is very true.
Thank you for all the time you have invested in making this website, the animated illustrations, and your youtube videos.
This site is where I now direct people to when they have networking questions.
Wow Jon, thank you so much for your comment. I started this blog four~ years ago, with an earnest mission to give back to the Networking community a small part of what it has given me. Seeing your post is validating, humbling and rewarding — to know that I am succeeding in my mission. Thank you again for the comment.
Practical TLS course was Fantastic until nothing is Fantastic. Huge thank you
Great to see such content. but why i am not able to see any troubleshooting content like how ping works, or dig, or any other
I have Practical Networking exam on the 1st of next month and I am aiming to read all of your blogs and then finally watch your vids. I will comment on every blog of yours as I finish them.