Seriously... Why haven't we seen this yet? This is the perfect application for the dashboard. Send text messages to your friends / family from the comfort of your computer without having to leave a tab open, or have yet another application running on … [Read more]
An Essential Alias for Forgetful Engineers Like Myself (updated)
How many times a day do you issue a show command from configuration mode ? If you're anything like me, its enough to get annoying. Luckily Cisco has given us the ability to user define aliases, here is a simple solution to this … [Read more]
Setting up VOIP lab
This week I've started setting up a VOIP lab to explore the technology and when I'm done, I plan to integrate it into my home network. So far I've purchased the following for my lab... c1760-V 192D/48F PVDM-12 VIC-2FXO VIC-2FXS running … [Read more]
OS X Leopard Hacks
Here are a few settings you can change using the OS X defaults command to access some system parameters. As always, proceed with caution, and don't mess with things of which you have no clue. I have only verified these in OS X 10.5 - no promises if … [Read more]
Demystifying Cisco Config Register Bits
Ever accidentally set your config register to a random value that isn't in the Cisco documentation? No? Neither have I, but one day I encountered someone on #cisco that had. So I did my best to help him, and was able to decode his settings and get … [Read more]
Securing SSH against bruteforce attacks
This is one of the methods I've used in the past to secure a Linux host against brute force ssh attacks. While its not a perfect method, it does a good job of preventing 100s of brute force entries in your syslog. … [Read more]
