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I'm new to networking and self-hosting and have no idea where to start. (self.selfhosted)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by vale to c/[email protected]

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I've been slowly working my way though a list of skills to learn, both to put on my resume and as personal growth. Networking is the next thing on this list. I am not sure what I am looking for, but I want to start another project. I have built many a personal computer, but the world of networking is a pretty foreign concept to me.

I have experience with building computers and a minor glance at the network-side of things. I've set up a Pi-Hole or two and set a basic CUPS server up on a RPi0w, but beyond that, I have no idea what I'm doing, or even what the possibilities are. I just see posts like this and think that it's a pretty cool hardware project.

Is there any resources you recommend to start learning, maybe what the hardware does? From my outsider's perspective, I see a lot of people's racks have at least a router, switch, and firewall, along with various other machines.

E: thank you all for the suggestions! I'll have to take some time to figure out what to do first

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Check out Linux Upskill Challenge there's a community on programming.dev [relative link]

It's a bit askew from what you're asking about but very related and a nice onramp to certification options that have some value in the job market.

As a more direct answer, a bit more of a formal approach to learning networking can be persued by following the networking recommendations at Teach Yourself CS

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Wow, that's brilliant! Wish I could upvote you more than once.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

certification options that have some value in the job market.

How much does an experienced sysadmin make?

My research leads me to believe it's quite low.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If your title is system administrator, maybe you don't get paid as much with the same responsibilities as a DevOps Engineer, System Reliability Engineer, Cloud Computing Engineer etc. Don't get caught up in titles, sell the value of your skills.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't get caught up in titles. Businesses do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Yup. Use their flawed methodologies to your advantage.