This is the first part of my Cisco voip basics series. ( Parts 2 & 3 ) VOIP is obviously becoming a large part of networks, even now part of your CCNP requirements are basic voip knowledge. Recently I have been setting up Cisco Call Manager Express for my home / home office and [...]
So, I purchased a couple extra routers, and a second layer3 switch from @usedciscoguy. He gave me a really good deal and I plan on purchasing a 6500 series switch from him as soon as I can afford it. Anyway…. I’ve spent a little bit of time working on a new topology that should allow [...]
So I decided on a starting place for my lab topology. Its pretty basic, but gives me tons of flexibility. I was only short one card when I drew it out, and luckily its was a cheap wic-1dsu-t1 card. I am still waiting for my last 3640, and it actually has a couple cards I [...]
Life around here has been pretty busy recently. Jessi just finished her student teaching, my largest consulting client has been having router hardware issues, I’ve been preparing my cisco lab, working on spring cleaning the entire house, and thats just the top 4 things I can think of right now.
I realized today that some of [...]
As I started building this lab, I realized that I had to find a refresher course on the IOS naming conventions. They have gone through a number of revisions through the years, but here is a guide that should help most of you building CCNA/CCNP labs.
Lets take c3640-jk9s-mz.124-16.bin for example.
The first thing we see is [...]
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