AI Made Him Return To Networking After 6 Years...

A candid conversation between David and Network Chuck at Cisco Live 2025 about the unexpected revival of networking in the age of AI. They dive into how AI tools temporarily sidetracked their content focus, why core infrastructure skills remain indispensable, and how a welcoming networking...

Intermediate - 21 min - Software & IT - David Bombal

The full course: Learn Networking free

What you'll need

• Home lab router: Practise configs on real hardware.
• Managed switch: VLANs and ports to experiment with.
• RJ45 crimp tool kit: Make and test your own cables.
• Raspberry Pi: A tiny always-on lab server.

Books

1. CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide by Mike Meyers - View on Amazon
2. Computer Networking by James F. Kurose - View on Amazon
3. Networking All-in-One for Dummies by Doug Lowe - View on Amazon
4. Data communications, computer networks, and open systems by Fred Halsall - View on Amazon
5. CCNA by Todd Lammle - View on Amazon

Next lessons

• let's hack your home network // FREE CCNA // EP 9 (30 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
• Network Ports Explained (11 min, PowerCert Animated Videos, Intermediate)
• What is a SWITCH? // FREE CCNA // Day 1 (23 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
• what is an IP Address? // You SUCK at Subnetting // EP 1 (19 min, NetworkChuck, Beginner)
• access EVERYTHING from your web browser!! (Linux and Windows Desktop, SSH) // Guacamole Install (30 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
• stop trusting cloud cameras!! (here's what I use instead) (39 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
• THIS Is Where the Internet Lives (18 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)
• we ran OUT of IP Addresses!! (17 min, NetworkChuck, Intermediate)