Category: Cisco
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Cisco ASR9006 Pasting To CLI Issue
If you are repeatedly getting errors like “Invalid number(-117) sent as ASCII value to command-line process from VTY/TTY, refreshing prompt.” when pasting, to an ASR9006 with RSP440s, it’s likely due to the serial port configurations. Ensure you have your serial terminal set to: 8 data bits No parity 2 stop bits It’s the stop bits…
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My Mobile Home Network Lab
So my lab allows me to login to a web page and power on/off all of my network gear. I also have a console server to remotely access every piece of gear. I use this lab extensively for building my Lynda and LinkedIn Learning videos. I also use it regularly for all sorts of network…
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Set Jumbo Frames On A Nexus 3064
It is configured system wide to 9216 with the following commands: policy-map type network-qos jumbo class type network-qos class-default mtu 9216 exit exit system qos service-policy type network-qos jumbo Verification is a bit odd, though. If you enter a standard show interface, it won’t show the correct value: sw02# show int e1/1 Ethernet1/1 is down…
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Using Cisco EEM To Flap Interfaces For BGP Convergence
I like many people often balance price with need. It’s often difficult to look into my crystal ball and determine what piece of gear I need at a site…do I need an expensive router(both in cost and power) or can I get away with a switch…? In some scenarios I will use a layer 2…
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Cisco and Mikrotik BGP Filter For North American Routes
If you have a router that can’t handle the full internet tables(which is getting quite large), then doing some filtering for important traffic can be a good solution. I’m in the US, and thus most of my work is done here. I’ve created a couple of filter lists for both Cisco and Mikrotik that will…
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CME Auto Dial – The Batphone
I needed to have a simple two phone system where by if a phone was picked up, it would autodial an ATA. This is for an alert system at an airport. The ATA is auto answered by a PA system that sounds an alarm and allows speech to be blasted. If you search on ebay…
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Find The Ifindex On A Cisco Router
If you need to find the SNMP Ifindex of your Cisco router you can simply enter : !change the interface name for your desired entry. router# show snmp mib ifmib ifindex TenGigabitEthernet1/1 Interface = TenGigabitEthernet1/1, Ifindex = 1 For an IOS-XR router it is: show snmp int Te0/0/0/0.1651 ifindex