Re: CID: AS400 [7:25037]

2001-11-02 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Just a little answer... yes (but not a very big one) --- John Tafasi wrote: Hello Group, Just a little question. Is AS400 an IBM mainframe computer? Nokia Game is on again. Go to http://uk.yahoo.com/nokiagame/ and join the

Re: PRI to BRI BACKUP [7:21136]

2001-09-26 Thread Charlie Hartwell
An alternative method... If you configure the PRI using a dialer profile for every remote site and make each Dialer interface the backup route (using floating statics) or backup-interface for the remote sites you can instruct the interface to use a maximum of 2 channels. I'm not going to go

Re: Help on NAT [7:20880]

2001-09-24 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Probably not a lot. You need to have inside and outside interfaces so the router knows when to translate packets. Check the NAT section here... http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios120/12cgcr/np1_c/1cprt2/1cipadr.htm Follow those instructions there and you can't go wrong

Re: New Lab Exam Format. [7:20152]

2001-09-17 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Hi Cisco Lover, This is the mail that came out of Cisco about this - I hope it answers your question... Hello, My name is Lorne Braddock and I manage Cisco's CCIE program. I wish to address any rumors you may have heard about a so

Re: One Sided Chap????? [7:18056]

2001-08-31 Thread Charlie Hartwell
You want ppp authentication chap callin so that the router will only authenticate incoming ppp connections but not outgoing. HTH. Charlie --- Cisco Lover wrote: Hi Guys... Any Idea how to setup one sided chap???that is only one router is sending challenge?? Thanks for the help..

Re: One Sided Chap????? [7:18056]

2001-08-31 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Charlie,, Thanks for the help.. So, the rest of the commands will remain the same??I mean we still have to put ppp authentication chap and USERNAME+PASSWORD set on both sides?? Cisco Lover From: Charlie Hartwell Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Cisco Lover , [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: 3 envelopes [7:17666]

2001-08-29 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Well, John Chambers is the CEO of Cisco Systems so I don't think he's at all bothered about the career of this Tom Chambers you mention. Speaking of John Chambers - I expect he's quite happy at the moment. Since Cisco announced a restructure program (the details of which elude me) the share

Re: I: PSTN and ISDN call in on a PRI [7:17505]

2001-08-28 Thread Charlie Hartwell
You can use this as a guide for your config - just replace the BRI config with your PRI stuff. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/471/bri_3640.html The Digital Modems are designed to accept analogue (PSTN) calls through the digital ISDN circuit. When a call comes into the ISDN interface it can see

Re: VPN [7:16948]

2001-08-23 Thread Charlie Hartwell
--- Mahesh wrote: Hi Can any one tell me the best stuff for VPN,s thanks and regards -- Mahesh Chandra Where do I start? OK, do you mean training, documentation, case studies, hardware, software, encryption.. What I'm trying to say is - can you give a bit more detail? Better than

RE: HELP!! The Cisco Code Windows XP [7:16604]

2001-08-22 Thread Charlie Hartwell
I might be repeating someone else here - I haven't followed the thread completely. The vulnerability you are talking about is documented in this field notice... http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cat5k-8021x-vuln-pub.shtml You have to be VERY careful when putting XP on your Cisco switched LAN,

Re: CCIE Communicatoins and Services [7:14800]

2001-08-03 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Hi Michael, I am interested in the Optical path but I'm not 100% sure about it just yet. The certifications area on CCO gives some good links for reading material for both paths and I believe they are both still in beta.The blueprint for the Dial CS is due in August. It is worth noting that the

Re: How to keep the clock always correct in a router? [7:13470]

2001-07-24 Thread Charlie Hartwell
With the smaller routers (700 up to 3600) you do not get an internal battery to keep the clock correct when the router reboots. You will need to use an NTP server for these. If you have access to the internet then there are plenty of public domain NTP servers that are free to use (just search in

Re: Fw: callback [7:13326]

2001-07-23 Thread Charlie Hartwell
You need to use a technique called MS-Callback it is documented on the Cisco website in the access-dial cookbook area. It is also documented here http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios120/12cgcr/dial_c/dccalldd.htm#xtocid75233 Sorry about the wrap. Cheers Charlie

Re:What is no Free B-channels [7:12775]

2001-07-18 Thread Charlie Hartwell
I expect the total load on your 2 active calls is above 40% so the router is trying to activate a third channel. Obviously you don't have 3 channels with a BRI so you get this error message. Do you have another BRI interface in the same dialer pool/rotary-group that is not shutdown? If you do

Re: isdn status [7:12599]

2001-07-17 Thread Charlie Hartwell
The first call failed because there were no available b-channels at the remote end (0x82A2). From this information I cannot see why layer 1 is going down - try running debug isdn q921 and debug bri to see if that gives any clues - it is most likely to be a telco problem though. Cheers Charlie

Re: Low BRI througput [7:12078]

2001-07-12 Thread Charlie Hartwell
It would be interesting to see the document that recommends that action - after all, WFQ is designed to help with low bandwidth links without the need for complicated config. It is more likely that it is recommended to turn off WFQ when using ppp multilink across the ISDN connection. This is

Re: Can anyone help an aspiring CCNP? [7:11920]

2001-07-11 Thread Charlie Hartwell
HSRP is a _router_ function but it is there to add extra functionality for a LAN. Also, I seem to remember HSRP being covered in the BCMSN course - possibly something to do with running multiple instances of HSRP over different VLANs. Read into that what you will, all I'm saying is that HSRP is

Re: Still having BRI stress! [7:11653]

2001-07-10 Thread Charlie Hartwell
The config looks fine but we will need a bit more info to help. The error message isn't much use on it's own, so if you do show isdn status, then run debug isdn q931, debug isdn q921 and debug dialer, then try to make a call it should give you more information. If you have any trouble deciphering

RE: Still having BRI stress! [7:11653]

2001-07-10 Thread Charlie Hartwell
. regards Iain Fomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Charlie Hartwell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 July 2001 09:39 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Still having BRI stress! [7:11653] The config looks fine but we will need a bit more

RE: Still having BRI stress! [7:11653]

2001-07-10 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Show ISDN status check that you have a TEI number and the Multiple frame IS established. If not your ISDN line is knackered. regards Iain Fomes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Charlie Hartwell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 July 2001 09:39

RE: Still having BRI stress! [7:11653]

2001-07-10 Thread Charlie Hartwell
There is no fault with your ISDN line but there was no interesting traffic for the router to bring the link up - the 2 messages were for CDP on the physical interface and a broadcast (probably a routing protocol). They are not able to activate the link. You need to ping across to the other side

Re: CCO questions [7:11275]

2001-07-10 Thread Charlie Hartwell
It depends who you are and who you work for, each CCO login can have a different profile for access to different areas such as bugsearch tools, upgrade planners, field notices, online forums, technical documents, case studies...the list goes on. Cisco are generally quite nice if you have a

RE: Cisco links for IS-IS study required, please [7:11305]

2001-07-09 Thread Charlie Hartwell
The IS-IS paper by Peter Van Oene at http://www.certificationzone.com is very good as well. You do need to subscribe to get it but with all of the other papers, test questions and labs that you get it's well worth it. Cheers Charlie --- Remmert Veen wrote: Hey Pete, I've got a collection

RE: another OT: why you UNIX guys look down on we NT guys? [7:6385]

2001-05-30 Thread Charlie Hartwell
In closing... so since I am Unix, (Solaris), experienced and certified, AND Microsoft experienced and certified, does this mean I need to run out and get some Prozac right quick I think, maybe, that an overdose of Prozac may have contributed to the start of this whole argument

RE: another OT: why you UNIX guys look down on we NT guys? [7:6386]

2001-05-30 Thread Charlie Hartwell
In closing... so since I am Unix, (Solaris), experienced and certified, AND Microsoft experienced and certified, does this mean I need to run out and get some Prozac right quick I think, maybe, that an overdose of Prozac may have contributed to the start of this whole argument

Re: hi,how can i realize the ppp call back? [7:4146]

2001-05-11 Thread Charlie Hartwell
PPP callback from a PC client is slightly different, it is generally called MS-Callback. You can find example configs here:- http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/793/access_dial/async_ppp.html If this is ISDN you should ignore the chat-script stuff, if it is a modem you, er, shouldn't... Cheers

Re: Aggregating Multiple ISDN lines [7:1691]

2001-04-24 Thread Charlie Hartwell
With your config you need dialer in-band. The other 2 options are only used for Dialer Profile configurations. Cisco have made this command confusing, I always understood that ISDN circuits had out of band dialers (ie. the D-Channel) but the dialer in-band command is now used with legacy dialer

Re: I want my Money! - Cisco Certs Becoming Paper CCXX

2001-03-20 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Oh man! These ruined dotcom CEO's are even in here scrabbling for change. --- Allen May [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still ready to stop this thread and cash in on all the 2 cents thrown in. ;) Allen - Original Message - From: "Robert Padjen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: BCMSN - exam question

2001-03-20 Thread Charlie Hartwell
I'm not sure if you have been on the BCMSN course (I hope you have if you have a copy of the notes!) but that was certainly sufficient for me. Of all of the CCNP exams, the BCMSN fitted the course notes the best. It's difficult when people ask questions like this because we don't know how much

RE: Good IOS images

2001-03-20 Thread Charlie Hartwell
OK, I think the words "it depends" were written specifically for this question. When you go to the Cisco IOS planner page look for images with the letters "GD" after them. This means General Deployment and you'll find a lot of ISP's and large corporates use these because they are considered

Re: Callback btw router and win

2001-03-01 Thread Charlie Hartwell
OK, you've got a nice combination of ppp-callback, ms-callback, and ISDN (CLI) callback all combined in that config. You need to just have ms-callback so remove the "class test" stuff from the dialer sting and also the "dialer caller 123 callback" line, then change the "dialer remote-name" to

RE: PLEASE HELP !!! Automatic dialing (Second Chance)

2001-02-28 Thread Charlie Hartwell
The only way to do it would be to configure dialer-watch to monitor a network that does not exist. The only problem is that the link will never go down afterwards and you'll have a very expensive leased-line.. I think an important question here is "why?", or "what is the problem you are trying

RE: PLEASE HELP !!! Automatic dialing (Second Chance)

2001-02-28 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Romero Arcas Dpto. Técnica de Sistemas CESSER Informática y Organización, S.L. - Mensaje original - De: "Charlie Hartwell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: "Timothy Metz" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enviado: miércoles, 28 de febrero de 2001 11:45 Asunto: RE: PLEAS

Re: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread Charlie Hartwell
--- John Nemeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 6, I wouldn't be so quick to say that. A lot of companies want/need the best, i.e. Cisco gear, but their budgets are somewhat tight. Cisco support is generally considered to be very good. But, one of the complaints I frequently hear

RE: IP route cache

2000-11-17 Thread Charlie Hartwell
That is true and it's always enabled by default. Check the bugs for fast switching 'cos it has quite a few issues with NAT, ISDN, Frame Relay (sub-i/f), ISL on Fast Ethernet (sub-if again) and some other stuff too. --- "Yee, Jason" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if I am not wrong ip route-cache

Re: about the LED status

2000-09-26 Thread Charlie Hartwell
As long as that link is OK the LED will stay on. Now, a quiet word about the NDA When you take these tests Cisco get a bit upset if you go around repeating the questions - and so do people who already have CCNP. You clicked an "accept" button before the test started that had in the

Re: IP Address Management Software

2000-07-31 Thread Charlie Hartwell
I use a product called Optivity Net-id which is very useful for this purpose. Go from the http://support.baynetworks.com site for more info. Please remember that this newsgroup is primarily dedicated to the pursuit of Cisco accreditation - your post is a bit outside of the sort of questions we

Re: Deleting a DLCI

2000-07-31 Thread Charlie Hartwell
It depends how your frame-relay has been configured. It will be the same command you used to set it in the first place preceded by a "no". It is usual to use the "frame-relay interface-dlci ### ietf/cisco" command to define it but some strange people still configure frame-relay maps. Cheers

Re: FastEtherchannel using Compaq Servers

2000-07-05 Thread Charlie Hartwell
This is very true - take the trunking off the ports you wish to run FEC on, you're not connecting to another switch and I'm sure that the Compaq server isn't much interested in other VLAN traffic. When you get this going you'll have to set the port channels to "on" - the compaq cards don't use

Re: Cisco 3640 router freezing up

2000-07-05 Thread Charlie Hartwell
Hang on a mo... if you put 12.0(7)T on there you'll lose any Fast Ethernet interfaces you have. I have found 12.0(7)XK1 to be the most complete/unbuggy IOS for 3640's. To be absolutely sure use the beautifully named "hardware - software compatibility matrix" at

Re: My UPS is up and running

2000-06-16 Thread Charlie Hartwell
He's the one that went into shock when I told him the nurses refused to let me have my Palm Pilot. His comment was that if anyone did that to him, he wasn't sure he could survive. Hmm, a cardiologist that *likes* his Palm Pilot? That worries me - he sounds far too comfortable using

Re: This officially sucks :)

2000-06-01 Thread Charlie Hartwell
You might want to make sure that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is in the "to:" field and not the "cc:" field - these are dropped to help keep down the spam levels. Cheers Charlie --- Aaron Prather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: actually, thats not it :) i always respond to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] unless i

RE: Interview Question - OSPF

2000-05-25 Thread Charlie Hartwell
This of course leaves the way open to get your non-technical HR person to ask bizarre, embarrasing or just plain impossible questions. "So, Mr Berkowitz, could you please explain when a static RIP route would be useful between autonymous systems?" "Mr Lammle, when you've wired the left-handed