17th May 2012

Setting the Defaults for PUTTY

Putty is is a great piece of software. Because it works and it’s free I find it installed on most corporate desktops as the default software for terminal client on Windows but not everyone seems to know how to set the defaults.

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The Poor Man’s IOS Traffic Generator

This is a feature that I used to use years ago, but had forgotten about. For some reason, I remembered it today and it is still as useful as it ever was. Read on…

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Internets of Interest: 18th Sep

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 18th Sep:

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Cisco Credential Verification Report – Checking Certification Status

I found this in Cisco’s Certification site today. Allows recruiter’s and employers to confirm your Cisco Certification status.

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IOS: “Terminal Monitor” On, Off – Logging to Your Terminal

I get asked this question just often enough to post an article. When you have enabled ‘term mon’, how do you turn it off ? How can you tell it’s working ? And so on.

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IOS: Console, Terminal, Monitor, VTY – What Is What ?

Sometimes when I talking with other engineers about connecting a console or terminal to a router, they don’t use the right terms. So, here is an article that covers the conventions for the terms console, monitor and terminal.

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Rant:Cisco Networkers Virtual – Its Bad, Very Bad.

I went to Networkers in Barcelona last year and got a login to the Networkers Virtual. Frankly, what a pile of utterly misguided marketing hype. It’s unusable and not fit for purpose.

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IOS: Clearing an Interface Configuration

You need to clear an interface in IOS but there are a load of configuration elements there. Once command can clear the lot.

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IOS: Setting Terminal Window Length

Why does IOS always make you press the ‘more’ key all the time when displaying configs ?

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Internets of Interest: 10th Sep

Collection of useful, relevant or inane places on the the Internets for 10th Sep:

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