Inter-networking ( Routers )

Cisco Router information / configurations / hints.

How to use an usb-to-serial on a Macbook Pro for configuring a Cisco device

Today I was wondering how to get a cisco console cable working on a Macbook Pro. Well after installing the driver ( downloaded from apple.com/support ( the PL2303 driver ) i could user my usb-to-serial. now I connected my light blue console cable. The following thing I had to do was: use the command: ls […]

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Cisco IOS Router 88x Serie License instalation / Activation.. using the CLI

Cisco IOS Router 88x Series License installation / Activation.. License Installation Using the CLI First copy this license to the router’s flash memory using the copy command and a TFTP server. Example: 881GW-demo#copy tftp flash Address or name of remote host [192.168.1.3]? Source filename []? 881GW-adv-IP.lic Destination filename [881GW-adv-IP.lic]? Accessing tftp://192.168.1.3/881GW-adv-IP.lic… Loading 881GW-adv-IP.lic from 192.168.1.3

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cisco router 877 Basic Configuration Settings XS4ALL Belgium

Yesterday I was been working in Belgium and I had to configure a router for an connection to an local ISP over there. This ISP was XS4ALL Belgium. Below you will find a basic configuration. how to connect to the internet connection in Belgium.  This configuration is for and ADSL connection. Interface ATM0  description XS4ALL

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Cisco ASA – How to View pre-shared keys in plain text

As engineers, you don’t always document things as well as we should OR someone you work with is always “too busy” to document their work. This little trick will show you how to recover pre-shared keys on a Cisco Pix or ASA firewall. Normally, you use the ’show run’ command to view the running configuration.

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Easy change of a Cisco ASA VPN site-2-site tunnel IP address.

Since a few times i had to change some site-2-site vpn tunnels on cisco ASA’s and first my colleague was saying I had to remove the whole VPN configuration and rebuild this configuration. However during my testing and on. I found a way that i didn’t had to remove the whole configuration of the site-2-site…

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Upgrading a Cisco Smart Care Server to the latest version

Today I found some wierd problem with the Cisco Smart Care Appliance server. This server is used for the smartnet contracts for infrastructure sites with more than 5 Cisco network equipment devices. Via a Tac Case I got the suggestion to upgrade the software which I did via the instruction I described below. Till number 6 is valid for upgrade

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