Multicast MOH

The ability to integrate Music On Hold features within Cisco Call Manager allows Users to place calls on hold regardless if the call was made on net or off net. Users who are placed on hold or parked will stream from a streaming source usually the Call Manager Server...

Distant Neighbor

On a recent trip to I took to Texarkana to convert an old legacy NEC PBX to Cisco Call Manager I ran into some strange BGP network behavior. The conversion was relatively small with approximately 18 to 20 phones, 3 single line faxes, and a couple of Credit Card...

1142 WEP & WPA

I’m writing this quick post based on the 1142 AP WEP and WPA configuration, but I wanted to take just a minute to also talk about the main difference between the 1141 vs. 1142. The description or model between the two AP’s really gives it away. With the...

PRI Flowchart

If your anything like me you have probably found yourself in this situation at least once or twice. You know the one where you have to troubleshoot a PRI related issue with your Carrier, and as usual they are pointing the blame at your equipment or at the vary least...

LiveAction

While researching alternative solutions for our aging Netflow product I ran across LiveAction and I have to say I’m totally impressed with their complete and comprehensive solution and product line. If your not familiar with LiveAction and your looking for a...

By Default

Ever get a little confused from time to time when configuring a Router or a Switch when it comes to the default route vs. the default gateway.? Don’t worry I think we all have at one time or another. The fact of the matter is only two of them have similar...

DSP Crash

Hopefully if your reading this it’s not because your experiencing issue with one or more of your DSP farms. Unfortunately for me that’s exactly why I felt the need to write this post. The interesting thing was the problem didn’t actually manifest...

NX-OS 5K QoS Video

  I ran across this awesome video by Matt Oswalt of Keeping It Classless on the Nexus 5000 regarding QoS configuration on the Nexus 5000. Matt covers QoS in depth, Interface Queuing, Network QoS, Class Maps, and Policy Maps etc… You can find out more about...

Mobile TAC

The Cisco Technical Support mobile application or TAC mobile application provides live access to your Cisco TAC cases and Contracts. You can find solutions to your troubleshooting needs, update your TAC cases anywhere anytime, and review your contracts. Users can...

VRF Lite

Virtual Route Forwarding or VRF’s is vitalization feature much like those used with VLAN’s. As a VLAN takes care of logical segmentation or isolation at Layer 2 VRF’s allow for logical segmentation at Layer 3. This becomes increasingly important when...