Bridging The Gap

A wireless bridge is a combination of 2 or more Layer 2 devices that connects two or more LANs together which are often in different buildings via wireless. Wireless bridges in some cases can provide higher data rates and superior throughput for applications if line...

ISDN Q921

I recently ran into an some issue with one of my Branch office PRI’s. As with most issues it started off with a call to Helpdesk which eventually made its way to me. After making a couple quick inbound test calls over their main DID number which of course failed...

Multihome NX-OS BGP

One of the major challenges or hurdles to overcome with any Multihomed BGP configuration is working closely with your Service Provider, and this was no exception. I was working with two MPLS circuits a 500 Meg primary, and a 100 Meg secondary so I needed to make sure...

ICMP Packet Types

Internet Control Message Protocol or ICMP Packet Types RFC 792 Packet Type 0  Echo Reply Packet Type 3 Destination Unreachable Network Unreachable Host Unreachable Protocol Unreachable Port Unreachable Fragmentation Needed Source Route Failed Destination Network...

One Way Audio

I recently ran into an unusual problem with One Way Audio and Unity Connections this past week. Basically Employees were complaining that when Customers were calling in over the PSTN, and attempting to leave a voicemail message they were not hearing the personal...