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Cisco IOS – Add Local User and Require Login on Console
In this post I will be outlining how to add a local user to a Cisco router or switch and enforce that router or switch to require a local user login when accessing the device […]
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Cisco IOS – Send message to other users on the system
If you work in an environment were it is common that there are more than 1 person in a device at a given time or you notice there are other people logged in when you […]
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Cisco IOS – Schedule Reboot / Cancel Reboot
When making potentially intrusive changes or doing fail over testing and you do not have physical access to the device, it is a good practice to save the working config, schedule a reboot and make […]
Various posts related to Cisco equipment
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When stacking multiple Cisco switches together in a stack there needs to be one switch in the stack that is designated as the “master” switch which can be thought of as the lead switch in [...]
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If you have ever uploaded an image to a switch that is not supported by that hardware you will be all too familiar with this. Keep in mind these instructions are written for a Cisco [...]
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Its possible that over time or when uploading new firmware to a switch the firmware that the switch is using to boot will become corrupt, in this case you will be left at a “switch:” [...]
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Recently I was tracking down some performance issues on some of my switches and found myself checking the CPU and memory utilization quite often so I figured I would make this post, I show how [...]
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Creating a bootable USB that contains bin files of the firmware that your routers/switches use is a good thing to have in your pocket as a network admin in the event you are shipped a [...]
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There are times where you need to specify the length and width of the terminal when issuing commands either to properly format the output to be parsed by scripts easier, or to eliminate the need [...]
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These are instructions on how to specify a single switch in a switch stack to become the master switch every time and not hope the stack master election picks the one you want through a [...]
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The last way I want to upgrade firmware is through the Serial port, even changing the baud rate to the highest possible takes forever to transfer an image, what I like to do is either hook my laptop [...]