17th May 2012

Gray Market Will Give Cisco Blues – GigaOM – My Tips for Second Hand Success.

Gigaom says Cisco second hand market will grow – huh – well of course it will. Here are my tips for doing it.

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Cisco:Which Slot Is My ACE Module Installed in ?

In some large sites, you may not have access to the C6500 / C7600 to work out which slot it is installed in. In my case, I have two ACE modules in a single chassis. How to tell which module you are on ?

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Network Dictionary – Ciscotist

Term used to describe someone who believes that Cisco has a product for every need or is the best solution for every problem. Regardless of the problem. And regardless of the solution.

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Network Dictionary – Nortard

Nortard (nor-tard) Term used to describe a person who believes that Nortel is the king of networking – either voice or data. Almost unknown in the wild and getting rarer now that the natural habitat has been eroded by poor support, poor sales and poor business management. Recent reports suggest that extinction may occur shortly [...]

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IOS:CLI Tip – Terminal Full Help

Introduction The Cisco IOS command line has a pretty good help function. Usually you would put a ‘?’ and get a number of options that you can choose from. But when you do not have access to the enable privilege mode, the HELP functions are abbreviated. This command is useful when you use it in [...]

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Nerdgasm:SRS WOW for iTunes – Magic

If you listen to music on your computer (not iPod) then this tool is a must have.

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Network Dictionary – Facepalm

Facepalm – shorthand form of describing that you have put your head in your hands in complete and utter disgust. And counting to ten. And thinking nice thoughts. Amd maybe those morons will turn their brains on. Maybe.

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Cisco – Whats New – December 2008

Cisco posted the “Whats New for Documentation for 2008. http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/general/whatsnew/whatsnew.html

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Tip / OSX:Checking MD5 Checksum on Code Download

Sometimes when you are downloading images from Cisco corruption may occur. Of course, this is most likely to happen at 0200 in the morning when you cannot download a new copy.

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Rant:No Cisco Maintenance ? The Web Site Is Down for Maintenance.

A few days back I posted about the TAC web submission wasn’t available. Turns out that if you have PICA, an error message is the right way to tell you to bugger off.

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