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 [...]
Archive for July, 2009
At some point in time everyone needs to ping a range of IP addresses on a LAN segment to see what IP’s respond. On Windows there are a variety of 3rd party shareware and freeware tools out there that will perform such a task but Windows does not have a native tool for doing this. [...]
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 [...]
An IOGEAR USB to Serial interface is supported on Mac. Use the Apple’s Screen application or the free application Z-Term for Mac to console into the router. If using screen you need to know the name of your USB to Serial device. mh$ screen /dev/tty.PL2303-00102126 If the name of the device is not known then [...]