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Welcome to NetworkChuck! I LOVE Information Technology!! My goal is to help as MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE jump into a career in the IT field through obtaining IT Certifications. I talk about Cisco Certifications, CompTIA, AWS, Microsoft...pretty much EVERYTHING in IT. As a CBT Nuggets Trainer, it's also my passion to TEACH information technology and to make it FUN. If your goals are to obtain your CCNA, CompTIA A+, CompTIA Network+...I'm here to help you with that goal in any way I can! *****In

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Your App Crashed. Now AI Gets to Work.

YouTubeSep 12, 2026

AI Still Needs Network Engineers

YouTubeSep 10, 2026

Windows Took 90 Minutes. Omarchy Took 1.

YouTubeSep 10, 2026

You Need to Get Your CCNA Right Now!!

YouTubeSep 9, 2026

Omarchy Can Do WHAT?! 50 Features You’re Missing

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Linux Doesn’t Have to Be Ugly

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DEFCON Is Not What You Think

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Is Linux the perfect operating system? - Omarchy interview with DHH

YouTubeAug 25, 2026

I had to assemble this laptop. Then I installed #omarchy on it.

YouTubeAug 23, 2026

You need to switch to Linux RIGHT NOW!!

YouTubeAug 21, 2026

CCNA from Start to Finish: One MASSIVE Packet Tracer Lab

YouTubeAug 17, 2026

your home router STILL SUCKS!! (use OPNsense instead)

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OSPF From Zero: Let's Build the Internet (Well...Almost) | Summer of CCNA

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this Raspberry Pi belongs on your wall

YouTubeJul 23, 2026

I got inside FIFA’s Secret World Cup Broadcast Network

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AI's Impact on Network Engineers | LIVE AMA | Summer of CCNA

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LIVE AMA | Summer of CCNA | 07/09/2026

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you only have 6 days....

YouTubeJul 2, 2026

shadow AI is terrifying

YouTubeJun 19, 2026

HTTPS Doesn't Hide This From Your ISP!!

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Cisco Just Showed the Future of Networking

YouTubeJun 18, 2026

Certification Questions | LIVE AMA | Summer of CCNA | 06/18/2026

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Certification Questions | LIVE AMA | Summer of CCNA | 06/18/2026

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Should you use a VPN in 2026?

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Certification Questions | LIVE AMA | Summer of CCNA

YouTubeJun 4, 2026

Hermes has a Home Assistant skill and it's unreal!

YouTubeJun 3, 2026

FREE coffee at Cisco Live (I'm giving it away)

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FREE coffee at Cisco Live (I'm giving it away)

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Codex Lives In PowerShell Now

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I'm Moderating My First Panel… Come see me at Cisco Live

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Troubleshooting

Digital Isolation: Why Your Network Needs a Voice VLAN (And How It Relates to Sovereignty)

Voice VLANs are essential network boundaries, separating sensitive voice traffic from general data. We break down the security and QoS implications, drawing parallels to keeping your personal data siloed and safe.

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Rogue Geeks

4 min

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Techniques

Beyond the Certs: Building the True Hacker Skillset on Your Own Homelab

The path to becoming an ethical hacker isn't about passing tests; it's about building deep, foundational knowledge in Linux, networking, and scripting in your own sovereign environment.

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Rogue Geeks

3 min

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Techniques

Latency, MEC, and Why Your Compute Should Stay on Your LAN

Big Tech is hyping up 5G and Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) to solve latency, but we're going to talk about who owns the 'edge' and why local, sovereign compute is always the superior path.

NetworkChuck

Rogue Geeks

4 min

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Stop Renting Your Digital Real Estate: Why Your Website Needs to Be Uncensorable

Relying on third-party platforms for your digital presence is a liability. True founders build infrastructure they own, ensuring their MRR and LTV are never at the mercy of an algorithm or a payment processor.

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Rogue Business

4 min

0 0 0about 1 month ago

Techniques

The Architecture of Order: Why Cable Management is a Microservice Design Pattern

Whether you're wrangling HDMI cables or containerizing a new microservice, systematic organization is the foundation of robust, maintainable infrastructure.

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Rogue Geeks

4 min

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Techniques

Automating the Stack: How Ansible Turns Cloud Playbooks into Sovereign Homelabs

NetworkChuck shows how Ansible automates infrastructure deployment across AWS and Proxmox. We show you how to apply that same automation power to your own Kingdom Node.

NetworkChuck

Rogue Geeks

4 min

0 0 0about 2 months ago

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The Compute Node on Your Desk: Making a Sovereign Stack with the Pi 500

Hardware review meets homelab strategy. We break down the Pi 500, not as a kid's toy, but as a powerful, low-power compute node for your sovereign stack.

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Rogue Geeks

4 min

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Techniques

Local AI Is The New Edge: Running LLMs on Your Phone (And Why That Matters)

Big Tech wants you paying for inference on their servers. We're showing how to run powerful, open-source LLMs entirely on your own device, bypassing the cloud entirely.

NetworkChuck

Rogue Geeks

4 min

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Techniques

The Command Line is Your Digital Stripling Sling: Mastering Web Services in Linux

Forget the GUI. We dive into the core of Linux—using Python's built-in web server and `curl`—to build, test, and talk to web services entirely from the terminal.

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Rogue Geeks

3 min

0 0 0about 2 months ago

Equipment

The Architecture of Chaos: Why Your Server Room Needs a Digital Stripling Intervention

Before you worry about your LLM fine-tuning or your Pi-hole setup, start by tackling the physical infrastructure. We break down the art of clean, scalable, and reliable network architecture.

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Rogue Geeks

4 min

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Techniques

Beefing Up the Homelab: Turning Old Enterprise Gear into a Digital Stripling Base

We dive into maximizing your local infrastructure by setting up a powerful homelab using salvaged enterprise servers and configuring a stable hypervisor stack.

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Rogue Geeks

3 min

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Techniques

Beyond the API Call: Tracing the Packet Through the Stack

Understanding the OSI and TCP/IP models isn't just academic—it's the blueprint for building resilient, self-hosted infrastructure.

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Rogue Geeks

4 min

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Turning a Raspberry Pi into a Distributed Compute Node (and why it's not about Bitcoin)

We dive into using a low-power Pi to run a crypto mining process, focusing on the underlying principles of distributed computation, resource management, and self-hosted nodes.

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Rogue Geeks

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Techniques

Your Own Backdoor: Understanding Google Dorking and Data Footprinting

Even a simple Google search can reveal massive amounts of exposed data. We break down 'Google Dorking' (or Google Dorking) and why data leakage is the biggest vulnerability of the centralized web.

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Rogue Geeks

4 min

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Techniques

HID Spoofing: Understanding the BadUSB Threat and Hardening Your Perimeter

The seemingly innocuous USB drive can be a high-speed attack vector. We break down the mechanics of BadUSB and discuss crucial defensive strategies for hardening your homelab and endpoints.

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Rogue Geeks

3 min

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Techniques

The Anatomy of a Crack: Why Passwords Are the Weakest Link in the Sovereign Stack

A deep dive into brute-force and dictionary attacks, and why relying on traditional passwords is a critical vulnerability for any self-hosted system.

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Rogue Geeks

3 min

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Beyond the Prompt: Deconstructing Windows Commands for Sovereign Infrastructure

The command line is universal, but understanding the underlying networking and diagnostics principles—not just the syntax—is key to building a sovereign stack.

NetworkChuck

Rogue Geeks

4 min

0 0 0about 2 months ago

Equipment

Running LLMs Off the Grid: The Pi AI Hat and the Sovereign Compute Stack

Tired of paying per token? We dive into how a new Raspberry Pi AI Hat allows you to run large language models entirely on local, self-hosted hardware, reclaiming your AI sovereignty.

NetworkChuck

Rogue Geeks

3 min

0 0 0about 2 months ago

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