Category: Hardware
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Mikrotik hEXr3
If you look at the new newsletter this month, it basically reads as just an advertisement for the new hEX rev 3…and for good reason. For one, Andrew Thrift is excited about these things, which means they are something special. Specs: • 880 MHz CPU, 2 cores with 4 threads total • 256 MB RAM…
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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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Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 16 XG
The Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 16 XG is UBNT’s new 16 port 10Gb switch. It boasts: 12 SFP+ ports 4 RJ45 ports that support 1Gb or 10Gb 360Gbps throughput 238.1 MPPS 36W of power on chassis alone(no optics) Serial console port Web interface “Industry standard CLI” – Which I take to mean Cisco like Price around $550…
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Cool Siemon LC Fiber Connectors
I had the opportunity to play with a Siemon LC connector recently and found it quite clever. Not only does it have an innovative way to remove a connector by pulling on the connector body, but it also allows you to simply and quickly swap transmit and receive on the connector without having to break…
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EU MUM 2016 LIVE!
There is a really clean Youtube stream of the EU MUM going on right now! Just look what you are missing! Be sure to find Foxy Coxy while you are there: Here’s the announcement PDFs => I’m sure there will be some cool presentations, so let me know if you get to catch any of…
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Cisco CMP – Out Of Band Built Into Your Router
Today I had a customer ask us for assistance in configuring their CMP on their Cisco Sup2T for a 6500 chassis. To which I promptly googled it hehe. A CMP is the Connectivity Management Processor, AKA out of band manager. This is similar to IPMI in the server world. It lives on inside the supervisor,…
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EU Mikrotik MUM 2015 Hardware Annoucements
You can find the announcement PDF HERE. These aren’t all of the announcements, just the ones I have more interest in. What is most interesting for you guys?