Archive for July, 2009

MPLS+BGP = PASSED

Posted: 31st July 2009 by Mark in Cisco

Today I completed my MPLS+BGP composite exam which means I now have my CCIP. I always felt having the knowledge behind the CCNP, CCIP, and CCVP would make me feel more confident and well-rounded. It was a lot of hard work (that is truly an understatement) but I’m sure glad I did it. Next I [...]

Changing the System Prompt in IOS to show TTY

Posted: 22nd July 2009 by Mark in Cisco

Changing the system prompt to include the TTY session number can be handy. This is what most people currently are used to seeing router# config t Here is the same prompt with the TTY session displayed router:5# config t To configure this enter the following commands router# config t router(config)# prompt %h:%n%p router(config)# exit I [...]

Cisco Password Recovery using Mac

Posted: 10th July 2009 by Mark in Cisco

An IOGEAR USB to Serial interface is supported on Mac.  Use the Apple’s Terminal application or the free application Z-Term for Mac to console into the router. If using Terminal you need to launch the application called screen followed by the device name of your IOGEAR. mh$ screen /dev/tty.PL2303-00102126 If the name of the device [...]