Reading Time: 3 minutesWindows for Network Engineers Part two in my series of apps for network engineers across the three major platforms. I previously did the post for Mac when I first refreshed my laptop and purchased my first new Mac in 8 years. Issued by work, my daily laptop is a Windows machine which is fine with …
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What is that timestamp? – Dial-Peers – Last Setup/Disconnect Time
Reading Time: 5 minutesBeing the geek I am, I was troubleshooting an issue one day where I wanted to see what dial-peer a certain digit string was hitting on a gateway. I saw something that simply intrigued my mind that took focus away until I figured it out. This “thing” I saw was irrelevant to what I was …
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Linux to Cisco Openswan IPSec Configuration
Reading Time: 6 minutes[notice]For this example I use the following IP scheme 192.168.0.12|–O–42.42.42.42—–[INTERNET]——12.12.12.12–O–|10.42.42.42[/notice] I was approached a few weeks back to assist in creating a VPN Tunnel between two end points. Of course in my naivety I readily assumed it was between to Cisco devices but that turned out not to be the case. The tunnel was …
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Route-Targets Explained
Reading Time: 3 minutes As I began to study MPLS L3VPNs I was excited to start flinging my fingers around the keyboard. However, I ran into a little snafu during my learning. All of the videos and configuration example I was finding didn’t separate the difference between the Route Distinguisher (RD) and the Route Targets. Most of the …
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Infocus Mondopad Registered with CUCM – SIP
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis post is primarily for archived documentation for myself in the event of possible future need. However, I was having a hard time finding any configuration examples for this task. The steps below are those I used to connect a 70inch Infocus Mondopad to our CUCM environment to be able to make video calls including …
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Synapps Paging Delays – An HTTP/TCP Wireshark diagnosis
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Scenario goes like this: A Synapps – SA Announce paging and messaging server integrated with Cisco’s CUCM hosting around 30 phone to phone paging groups. The paging had been working fine for months and out of no where one of thirty particular groups was putting in multiple trouble tickets over multiple days that the …
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Trouble shoot with TDR
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis article is another example of trouble shooting by putting multiple pieces together. While it relies upon existing knowledge of the environment in which the article is based it should prove to be a good example of a trouble shooting process that will hopefully be able to spark some creative thinking the next time you …
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IP SLA for Single Default Route Change
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe scenario goes like this. You are working at your office (R1) and need to change the IP address and default route on the remote device (R2). The issue a factor of two things. The first is the fact that R2 is connected to your network with only one link. The other issue is R2 …
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It’s not defeat unless you quit.
Reading Time: 2 minutesToo often when talking to individuals studying for certifications tests, or just entering their field, I find them to quick to throw their hands up and say “I don’t know, it’s to far beyond me” and that is where their interest stops. They keyword I am saying their is stops. While yes, I am going …
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Apps for a Network Engineer Part 1: MAC
Reading Time: 5 minutesMAC for Network Engineers I am not going to play bias in anyway towards any particular apps. I’m surely not going to get into the debate between Windows or Apple as a primary computer. In fact, I’ve spent the last 4 years using Windows exclusively for work due to work issued laptops and the lack …
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