Category Archives: Routing

Backing up Lab Routers

I have put quite a bit of work into my lab routers and the configurations, enough that I have begun to worry about about how much work it would be to replace my current set up. I have been backing … Continue reading

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VIRL on Bare Metal

I just fought installing VIRL on bare metal for nearly four days. I worked my way through multiple how-to’s and installed it three different times. Eventually I gave up doing it by the book and tried my own thing. First, … Continue reading

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Troubleshoot MPLS Connectivity

Step 1 — IGP for MPLS cloud Verification – You are on your own. (YOYO) Step 2 — LDP Adjacencies Pro Tip – Add the CE network to advertisements so that you don’t have to ping from some specific loopback … Continue reading

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iTerm2 with VIRL

Yesterday my boss purchased VIRL for me. I run it on one of my ESXi servers and wanted to be able to maintain the environment I have gotten used to running, namely tabbed terminals in iTerm2. Easier said than done. … Continue reading

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C360 or Cisco Expert-Level Training Script

  I’ve been using the C360 labs for training and have gotten tired of fighting with window management. At first I figured it would be good practice for the lab, but now I’m just tired of messing with windows, so … Continue reading

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Hacking the 7926G MIDlet Deployment

I really struggled with the deployment of MIDlets to the phone. What should have been simple, became convoluted because I did not change a mime type on the web server. As a result I emailed back and forth with my … Continue reading

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Hacking the 7926G MIDlet Development

Requirements The hospital is forming our plan to handle closed loop medication administration. What that means to a patient is that their armband will scanned to verify who they are, then the medications will be scanned to verify what they … Continue reading

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Congestion Management

First a comment on the structuring of my notes. In order to make them more legible I have started using headings for each section and then bolding the subsections. I believe it makes it easier to read and I do … Continue reading

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Classification and Marking

Classification and Marking Classify and mark as close to the ingress edge as possible. Mark or re-mark traffic when it reaches a trusted device in the network. There are only two IP QoS marking fields that are carried end to … Continue reading

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Classification and Marking

The difference between classification and marking is action. Classification tools categorize packets while marking changes packet headers. These tools lay the foundation upon which the rest of QoS is built. Classification — Perform classification closest to the source as possible … Continue reading

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