Cisco Call Manager – Using CTI Route Points for redirection to external numbers. VOIP technologies will likely be the death of me, and has been the reason to drink on a few occasions. However, every now and then between learning about compression algorithms, MOS ratings, jitter, Continue reading →
Network Problem Troubleshooting
In this video I explain various tips that will assist with network outage troubleshooting, as well as list some tools available at your disposal. Regardless of the problem at hand, or if the network is even involved in the issue, a good flow will assist Continue reading →
Cisco Virl Overview – Cisco Live Follow Up
Cisco Virl Overview! Following Cisco Live 2015 in San Diego, I wanted to bring another video covering the capabilities of Cisco VIRL to aid in your certification study efforts, and as well as a way to implement a controlled lab environment for testing new capabilities Continue reading →
REMOTE NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Remote Network Management View some tools of the trade, and tips learned from industry experience on best methods to remotely manage your networks. Everything from Netflow, Packet Captures, Monitoring Software to tricks such as reloading before making dangerous configuration changes. Continue reading →
Real World Networking: Call Pickup VOIP
“I want to answer my coworkers VOIP phone when he isn’t in the office.” In this real world networking segment, I cover a VOIP related request a user may pose. Answering coworkers phones when they aren’t in the office is often asked for, and there Continue reading →
Real World Networking: Port Security
In this ticket, we receive a complaint of a user with no connectivity. As it turns out, port security was activated on that port and caused the port to shut down. I cover a few commands to help you identify this, including “show int status Continue reading →
Real World Networking: New Server Vlan
In this video we look at what you might see in a daily ticket in the networking queue. The ticket requires we make network changes to install a new server on the network, with new vlan creation. I started from the physical connection to the Continue reading →
Real World Networking – Misc VOIP/Network
In this video I cover some things you can see day to day in a networking role, as a general introduction for anyone looking to get into the field who is reading books and studying but has not experienced what a daily look into the Continue reading →
Cisco netflow basic configuration tutorial
Is the network down? Nope. Steve from accounting is downloading the latest episode of The Walking Dead. Now, while we honestly can’t blame Steve for this since it’s a damn good show, we also can’t have our bandwidth demolished as we still have critical services that Continue reading →