Following on from yesterdays post I was looking at some of the options and realised that you actually set the size of you RDP console.Since I use a Mac Book Pro with a wide screen the standard resolution are not very helpful, and I like to have fixed size windows, changing them to use the [...]
Multiple RDP Consoles – Who Knew ?
29 January 2008 By 4 Comments
I have been working with Windows folks for a long time, and I have not seen this tool used before. As a networking guy maybe I missed it. I often deploy a number of Windows servers to monitor and manage networks (typically with open source and Ciscoworks). I recently discovered the MMC Snap-in for Remote [...]
Flush DNS Cache on MAC OS X
28 January 2008 By 3 Comments
Cisco Application Control Engine (ACE) – Introduction and Comparison With F5
25 January 2008 By 15 Comments
My new interest of the moment is the Cisco Application Control Engine or ACE module. I have just received a pair of them and planning on starting the configuration in the next couple of days. So perhaps some discussion on the ACE is in order, and why I am considering using both F5 LTM AND the Cisco ACE in this network.
iTerm and Dynamips – Write to All Terminals at Once
22 January 2008 By 3 Comments
Suspending and Resuming Dynamips
18 January 2008 By 4 Comments
As someone who travels often, and always looking to make use of the travel time, I was pleased to find that I can suspend and resume the Dynamips routers. This saves me battery on longer trips, or lets me have more CPU when I running other applications such as Parallels / VMware to give me some Microsoft Visio joy. iTerm sessions are not terminated by doing this, they just don’t show any data until you resume the sessions.
Dynamips and the Leopard Terminal
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Configuring iTerm for Dynamips
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On Layer 2 Access Designs and MPLS
15 January 2008 By Leave a Comment
I looking closely at Data Centre Designs at the moment, and been considering whether a looped triangle or a looped square is the best for edge switches. I find it difficult to detect a difference that makes a clear purchasing decision. So I sat down to think about this. I did some pictures and thinking.
Unzip Cisco IOS Images for Dynamips
15 January 2008 By 6 Comments
Tips for Dynamips / Dynagen on Leopard OS X
10 January 2008 By 9 Comments
Dynamips on a MacBook Pro
10 January 2008 By 5 Comments
I am doing some proof of concept for an MPLS data centre and did something I have not normally done. I used my MacBook Pro to run Dynamips / Dynagen. I am very pleased with 9 3640 routers running Enterprise Plus, and 2 2611 Routers with IP and running less than 60% CPU across both [...]
