by Ted Haubein | Feb 19, 2016 | Tunneling
When it comes to policing or proxying corporate Web traffic there are a lot of options to choose from. The most common being client PAC files along with WCCP, and on premise proxy Servers or the like. The enforcement of Company policies, and restrictions around the...
by Ted Haubein | Jan 27, 2016 | Routing
The burden often associated with configuring the correct line clocking and or framing for a serial interface is much like those found with Ethernet speed & duplex settings. At least that’s the way I like to think about it. Lets face it the last thing we want...
by Ted Haubein | Nov 7, 2015 | Voice
A while back I ran into a situation with licensing on one of my voice conversion trips so I thought I would share my experience. The day started off with a vary early flight at 4:00 AM on a Saturday morning. It wasn’t long after I arrived that I discovered an...
by Ted Haubein | Oct 2, 2015 | Mobile
I recently decided to update our aging Google Nexus 5 phones to the newly released Nexus LG 5X phones. Google had just released the Nexus 5X, and 6PP at the time of this post, and they were offering a 50 $ dollar Play Store credit per phone so I decided to take full...
by Ted Haubein | Jul 20, 2015 | Switching
The morning of Saturday July the 11 started off with a call from the Support Team. I was informed that our Des Monies Iowa location was complaining about a lack of connectivity along with phone related issues. My first thought was that there must be an issue with the...
by Ted Haubein | Jun 20, 2015 | Wireless
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...
by Ted Haubein | Jun 14, 2015 | Voice
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...
by Ted Haubein | Jun 5, 2015 | Data Center, NX-OS, Routing, Switching
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...
by Ted Haubein | May 22, 2015 | Routing
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...
by Ted Haubein | May 17, 2015 | Voice
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...
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