Thursday, August 31, 2006

HP, Cisco team up on enterprise wireless LANs

Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard see the wireless LAN as something that can help the whole enterprise, not just departments.
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Which cable to use for GigaEthernet interface

Hi,

I need to connect two switchs Cisco 2960 by the GigaEthernet interface. This
interface will be configured as trunk port.

Which type of network cable (RJ45) i need to use btw the two switchs :
crossed or normal ?

Which category of cable it's recommanded to use with the GigaEthernet :
Category 5 or 5E or 6 ?

Thank You very much for your help

Best Regards
Rahan
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Dow jumps almost 68 points

The Dow closed up 67.96 at 11,352.01 on Monday.
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Monday, August 28, 2006

CSS 11506 - Source address

I am trying to set up a HA service for a bunch of applications across a
teired DMZ. We have an architecture that seems to work fine but it
requires use of a large numbers of VIPS and use of the sorry server
option to fail over.
If we were able to use source address load balancing (ie switch traffic
based on the source IP address) we could simplify our design and get
rid of a lot of those VIPs. Is ..
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Pix 501 Tunnelling problem

Hi, Im not too familiar with pix and vpn tunnels and have run in to a
problem.

I've got the following setup


Site X Site Y

(ip 1.1.1.1)--------Internet----------(ip 2.2.2.2)
/ \\---------VPN-------------/ \(Mail server) (Mail server)
(ip 1.1.2.2) (private IP 10.0.0. ..
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Red Sup Capable - Catalyst

Hi all,

what does the string in the subject stand for?
I found it out on the description of the models from the 4507R and above.

TIA,

Alex.
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Saturday, August 26, 2006

IPG Photonics opens office in Detroit

Long-time laser equipment maker IPG Photonics Corp. of Oxford is expanding its operations into the Midwest. The company has opened a new sales office in Detroit and appointed Michael Klos as the Midwest operations manager.
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PIX 7.2 VPN with kerberos / ldap authentication and authorization

anyone ever did this configuration with a ver 7.2 ?; i can make it work
:?

what i am trying to do is:

vpn users from windows xp; connecting to pix through L2TP and
authenticating to the active directory servers in the inside interface.
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traffic shaping for C2620 on IOS12.5

can anyone give me any tips on doing traffic shaping for our old 2620
router. what i'd like to do is to prevent one protocol (smtp) from using up
all bandwidth on the serial0 (leased line).

our line mainly services dns, web and email (exchange2003). once in a
while, when there are lots of email with large attachments going out, our
leased line gets so congested that no web traffic can get ..
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Two phones on one VoIP line?

I have a small office, just my wife and I. I'm interested in switching
from standard phone service to a VoIP provider. I want our phone setup
to work essentially the same as it does now which is:

* A call comes in on our single line, and both of our phones ring (one
on her desk, one on mine). Either of us can answer the phone.
* If I answer and the call is for her, I can put the call on hold ..
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Cisco 7940 Voip phone FCS errors possesed?????

Hi Guys

I'm just wondering if i can draw on the wealth of experience here.

I have at my office 7940 voip phones.

Whilst troubleshooting some issues with sound quality etc we put a
Fluke Networks NetTool tester that connects between the Lan port and
the phone interface.
This indicated a massive amount of FCS errors.
The weird thing is that I have several 7940's that are made in China
and sever ..
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

restricted/unrestricted license in PIX 6.1

hi,
i have a customer with Cisco PIX 6.1(4).
he wants to upgrade to 7.0
i need to find out the type of license he has to find out how much
memory he needs

when he sends me the output of "show version",
i don't get the type of license,
(as in 6.3 e.g. : "This PIX has a Restricted (R) license".)

this is all I get:
cisco-pix sh ver

Cisco PIX Firewall Version 6.1(4)
..
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list supported NM in 2811

Hi,

I'm looking for the list of supported NM's in the Cisco 2811 /2821

Is a NM-1E1R or an NM-2E supported in those routers?

Thanks

Tom
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PAP2 Problems...

Hello,

I am configuring a new PBX based off of the currrent Trixbox .iso. I
am having a few issues. I have a pap2 device that seems to have issues
with my phone, the phone shows incoming calls on the caller id and
lights up, yet it doesn't ring. It also cuts out when I am listening
to recordings coming from the Asterisk box. My other phone is a
Polycom, it doesn't have these issues, yet it ..
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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Mitsui makes $50M investment in Brightstar

With a $50 million deal, an investor is to gain one of the largest shareholder positions and a seat on the Brightstar Corp. board of directors.
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Difference between GBIC and Giga Ethernet interface

Hi all,

I will connect 2 switchs catalyst (2950 or 2960) by STP by Giga interface.

For this need, generally, i use GBIC interface and its work fine.

Today, a lot of catalysts are provided with Giga Ethernet interface (RJ45)
like catalyst 2960.

If i use this port (Giga Ethernet interface) to connect the two switchs,
what will be the differences ?

So, i juste need to understand what differences ..
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Remote car start via phone?

I'm looking for a way to start my car at the airport when my plane
lands. If I wait until I get to the parking lot, it does not give the
car enough time to warm up. Basically I am looking for a remote
starter where I can call a phone number and have the car start.

There was a thread a few years ago that talked about it, but the
products do not seem to be available any longer. I did find one
product from Viper that looks like it can do it, but it also has GPS
and a lot of other features I do ..
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Wednesday, August 16, 2006

PDM and VPN

I have a question about what i am reading in the PDM for my PIX 501.
When I look under access rules I see the following:

Source any, destination network internal local Term server and VPN
server, interface outside, service pptp

This means to me that the local ip address is allowed to be used as a
VPN server if accessed from the outside

Then under trasnlation rules I see the following:

Interfac ..
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Brad Reese?

This guy just posts links from cisco, what gives? spammer?

I think we all know about cisco.com, and how to navigate a website ..

the whole point of asking questions in a newsgroup is that we come here
for some real world answers..from real people,.


c
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US LEC to be acquired by N.Y. company

Local telecommunications company US LEC Corp. has agreed to be acquired by Paetec Communications Inc., while also reporting reduced losses for the second quarter.
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Sunday, August 13, 2006

Does “built to last” apply to IT?

Over the weekend, I bought an amazing antique chair: a fancy wooden office swivel chair in practically mint condition, including all its original cast-iron hardware. Although probably made between 1900 and 1915 (the patent date is 1897), it’s remarkably modern, with fully adjustable height, tilt, and back support, like the best Aeron chairs of today (well, its wooden surfaces are a tad stiffer). With any luck, it will last another 100 years and be just as functional.
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Fluor swings to 2Q profit

Fluor Corp. swung to a profit for the second quarter of 2006, compared to last year's second quarter, which was hurt by charges related to legal issues.
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Former JDS chief Straus to advise components firm

Reuters Canada, Canada -... As business spending on telecommunications equipment and fiber optics dropped off in 2001, JDS Uniphase laid off thousands of employees and scaled back its ...
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Saturday, August 12, 2006

PIx Question and firewall

What are some of the IOS version of PIX thats running?

Can someone provide me an example of a firewall rule?

Any assitance would be apprecited
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ospf and multiple static routes

what wins? static route or static route learned ospf E2 (both has same
metric)

my understanding is that static route that I put in by hand wins and
if that fails it goes to the E2 learned OSPF correct?
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Southern Company Passes Milestone, Sets Another Peak Demand Record

TechLINKS (press release), GA -... of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless ...
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Friday, August 11, 2006

UTStarcom cuts its Q2 loss

Telecommunications gear maker UTStarcom Inc. reported a $21.4 million loss for the quarter ended June 30, compared with a loss a year ago of $74 million in the same period.
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Hi

Hi All,
Have a customer with an Optimax Panel.
It is 10 years old, it has just had a service by someone.
Last night the customer tried to set it, and it would not happen it just
kept beeping.
Batts have been replaced. I have never worked with this panel, any ideas?


T.I.A
Mick

Modern Security Systems, Leeds U.K
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Verizon to invest $1.5 billion to bring FiOS to NJ

Lightwave -... we need to go full speed ahead to bring fiber optics directly to ... plans to invest $1.5 billion in Verizon's fiber network that will bring cable choice and ...
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Thursday, August 10, 2006

Verizon Deploys Fiber Network in New Jersey

xchange Magazine, AZ -... go full speed ahead to bring fiber optics directly to ... invest $1.5 billion in VerizonA
s fiber network that. will bring cable choice and competition quickly to ...
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Moffat leaving New Edge Networks

Dan Moffat, president and co-founder of New Edge Networks, is leaving the company.
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Sherman pushing TTC-35

Sherman Denison Herald Democrat, TX -... lanes will carry passenger cars, freight trucks, freight trains and high-speed commuter rail lines and utilities like electrical, fiber optics, gas and water ...
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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Routing Table - Question about Redistribution

I would be grateful if someone could help clarify why this happens in my lab
mock up. First the description....

Network as follows:

RTRA(eBGP) -877
RTRC(RIPv2) - 877
|
|
192.168.1.0/24 |------------MPLS Cloud -----------------| 192.168.2.0/24
| (1800 Router)
|
| |
|
..
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cannot ping from subnet A to subnet B for a specific host

Hi
I cannot ping 192.168.5.149 from 192.168.11.65 and vice-versa.
The gateway for 192.168.5.149 is 192.168.5.1 and for 192.168.11.65 the
gateway is 192.168.11.253

Here is the router config


Using 1165 out of 29688 bytes
!
version 12.0
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
service password-encryption
!
hostname Corp-WAN
!
enable secret 5 $1$Hfy0$HVtYn6SGr01RgJHPW33ZG.
enab ..
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Something is fishy with Vonage..

Ok, here is my story. I lost my phone port connection with Vonage. I
called the technical support and after about 30 minutes it was
determined that something was wrong with my device eventhough i can
still access internet. So my friend who used to have Vonage service
told me that he still has his linksys router from a while back. I get
it from him and follow the instructions on Vonage website to ..
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Monday, August 07, 2006

PRC: Gov.'s Qwest plan unapproved

Gov. Bill Richardson might have announced a new deal between the state and Qwest Communications (NYSE: Q) too soon.
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Voip2system with very low cost for sale or rent

hi,

we do offer the latest and stable versions of voip softswitches for

rent , lease and sale with 24/7 online tech support... .It includes

Wholesale Solution
Calling Card solution
Call Back Solution
Call Shop Solution
Pc2phone Solution

All the solutions can support most H323 and SIP equipment, the
conversion between them, two steps IP IVR, and one level reseller. It
is very cheap!!!!!

We c ..
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Wyoming community moves toward municipal high-speed network

Monterey County Herald, CA -... driven, in part, by dissatisfaction with Internet or cable service in ... in private enterprise and whether broadband technology - from fiber optics to wireless ...
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Saturday, August 05, 2006

In case of emergency, activate business continuity plan

Gemstar-TV Guide International hired Ed Sullivan to direct Business Continuity Services in 2003, soon after an audit found that TV Guide’s infrastructure was essentially unrecoverable in the event of a sustained crisis. There was a time when Sullivan’s first stop for addressing the issue would have been IT and the datacenter. But times have changed -- Sullivan first conducted several weeks of meetings with senior executives and various business unit executives to talk about the company’s business processes. “The fact that I work for the CIO is almost irrelevant,” Sullivan says. “I’m there to provide recovery for the business units.”

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AT&T U-verse TV to Include Hallmark Channels

Xtvworld (press release), India -... the companyA
s initiative to expand the fiber-optics network deeper ... fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) and fiber-to-the ... Channel is a 24-hour basic cable channel that ...
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Acura 3.2 TL 1996 Alarm Problem

Greetings!

I've weird problem with my Acura's security alarm from last few weeks
(I know alarm was working fine a month ago). When ever the alarm goes
off, it blows up the 20amp "Stop Horn" fuse under the hood right away
and car doesn't start after that. Yesterday, I figured out a way to
start the car atleast. I plugged in a 25amps fuse in place of 20apms
"Stop Horn" fuse, but as I plugged it in, the Relay near the fuse
started making ticking noise and car started honk ..
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Friday, August 04, 2006

FCC endorses broadband over power lines

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected requests by several groups, including amateur radio operators, TV broadcasters, and aeronautical companies, to severely limit or completely ban broadband services over power lines because of radio interference issues.
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Southern Company Endorses National Energy Efficiency Plan

Finanzen.net, Germany -... of electricity, Southern Company owns electric utilities in four states and a growing competitive generation company, as well as fiber optics and wireless ...
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Silicon Labs settles lawsuit

Power-One Inc. and Silicon Laboratories Inc. have settled a patent infringement lawsuit.
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Thursday, August 03, 2006

XO Deploys Major Segments of Next-Gen Intercity Fiber-Optic ...

xchange Magazine, AZ -... In addition, with the deployment of digital optics technology, XO will be able to ... A
. Xo said its long-haul fiber network and metro fiber networks, allow it to ...
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Vista voice-recognition feature needs work

If its performance during a demonstration last week at Microsoft's annual Financial Analyst Meeting (FAM) is any indication, a voice-recognition feature in Windows Vista is not quite ready for prime time.

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EMCORE Corporation Reports Fiscal 2006 Third Quarter and Nine ...

PR Newswire (press release), NY -... Company's operating segments, Fiber Optics, Photovoltaics and ... EMCORE's Fiber Optic segment offers optical ... telecommunications networks, cable television (CATV ...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Quake unveils 'first' PHY IC for SFP+ 10GbE apps

Eetasia.com (subscription) -... must provide equalization not only for various grades of installed-base fiber, but also ... is that is allows us to use lower performance transmit optics, such as ...
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Power Outages and the Focus on Short Term

New York Sun, NY -... to circumnavigate the globe almost four times) and 36,000 miles of overhead cable. ... in related fields and investing in areas such as fiber optics, which now ...
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Seattle tabs Wave Broadband as cable provider

The Seattle City Council on Monday dropped Millennium Digital Media and added Wave Broadband as the city's second cable provider.
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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Linksys small-business Wi-Fi grows up

Small businesses will get some of the wireless LAN bells and whistles enterprises already have as Cisco Systems' Linksys division expands its product lineup on Monday.

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Boycott Gettysburg

Link to photos showing how the battlefield looked before superintendent John
Latschar raped it.
http://users.snip.net/~hart/

We loved Gettysburg: took dozens of week-long trips, spent many thousands of
dollars there, but those days are over thanks to park superintendent John
Latschar. He's ruining the battlefield. He calls it restoration. Desecration
is more descriptive. If we spent another dime we'd be supporting the
destruction. Trees are being ripped out wholesale. The deer have been
slaug ..
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NeuStar's board gets a boost

NeuStar has added three members to its board, bringing the total number of directors to eight, seven of whom are non-employee members.
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