SH RUN reveals encrypted password

Hello colleagues, do you know if there is a way to make the line 'enable secret 5 $1$vwIl$YEZxTVGPapUUVCD.c54Ya' invisible when doing a 'sh run' in user mode ? The problem is that I want to allow RO access and also allow to execute the 'sh run' command, but that with a password decryptor, one

Reverse Telnet to reset modem

Hello colleagues, I have heard that there is a way to reverse telnet into an (analog) modem that is attached to the console or AUX port of a Cisco router and to reset the modem this way. Does anybody know the exact command sequence ? Thanks for your help in advance. Regards, Hans ___

SNMP-SERVER Command

Hello colleagues, I want to put the following line into a router (this line is actually taken from a running config on a Cisco router): snmp-server view BLOCK atEntry.*.*.*.10.252.* excluded How do I get the * in the config ? When I type them in, they don't show up in my config. I know there

System Flash Read Only

Hi colleagues, I just installed some third party flash memory into my 2501, and the 'sh ver' says that the system flash is read only. How can I change that to read/write ? Is that a configuration register setting ? Or a jumper setting ? Thanks for your advice in advance. Regards, Hans __

ISDN testing question

Hello colleagues, I have a question regarding how to test an ISDN connection for a dialer interface that is mapped to a loopback interface. I am used to dialer map statements where I can ping the IP address that the dialer is mapped to, and that brings up the ISDN link. The interface I want to

Disconnecting ISDN

Hello colleagues, do you know if there is an IOS command that allows to disconnect an ISDN call ? So far, I usually shutdown the BRI to disconect the call, but I have a feeling there might be an easier way. Thanks for your help in advance. Georg Pauwen _

How much memory do I have ?

Hello colleagues, can you tell me how much memory is on the router when you look at the following output: cisco 3640 (R4700) processor (revision 0x00) with 43008K/6144K bytes of memory. 8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write) I cannot figure out if I have to add the 43008K/61

No reference clock

Hello colleagues, I have configured a network with an NTP server and several ntp clients. When I do a 'sh ntp ass', some of the servers have a reference clock, while others don't (they have 0.0.0.0 as a reference clock). What makes the server connect with the reference clock ? And why do some

DRAM Upgrades for 1601R

Hi colleagues, I have two 1601R routers, and I want to upgrade them from their standard 8MB DRAM to 16MB DRAM. I have a few questions about this: 1. Is the DRAM the same for the entire 1600 series ? So can I use the DRAM form a 1603R for the 1601R ? 2. When I buy an additional 8MB of DRAM, can

2501 not booting properly

Hello colleagues, I have a 2501 router that apparently doesn't boot anymore; when I turn it off and on, the system/ok LED doesn't blink and immediately goes to 'steady'. I cannot get a router prompt through the console port, all I get are some 'rubbish' characters. Has any of you seen somethin

ISDN switch type

Hello colleagues, I have heard that after changing the ISDN switch type (both global and interface config) the router needs to be reloaded for the change to take effect. Do you know if that is true ? Thanks for your help in advance. Regards, Georg Pauwen __

Changing IP address on Ethernet

Hello colleagues, I have come across a problem on my LAN which I can't seem to figure out: I need more host addresses on my LAN, so I changed the subnet mask on my Ethernet IP address to a 22-bit subnet mask (was 10.226.192.254/24, is now 10.226.192.254/22). The problem I am having now is that

BRI interface not calling

Hello colleagues, I have a problem with two BRI interfaces on my Cisco 2610: On both interfaces, I have static dialer maps configured to two separate locations, so the total is 4 locations to be dialed, two on BRI1/0, and two on BRI1/1. Th problem is that two calls at a maximum are made, and th

Frame Relay problem

Hi colleagues, I have a problem with my frame relay connection; the serial interface is up/down, and when I debug the serial interface, I can see that the interface is constantly trying to restart:23w5d: Serial5/0: attempting to restart: --More-- 23w5d: Serial5/0(out): StEnq, myseq 4, yourseen

ISDN B-Channel admined down

Hello colleagues, do you know how I can admin up an ISDN B-Channel ? This is what the config on my router lools like: BRI0/0 10.66.1.11 YES NVRAM standby mode down BRI0/0:1 unassigned YES unset administratively down down BRI0/0:2

Re: ISDN B-Channel admined down

Hi, doesn't work. The problem is that BRI0/0 is in standby mode, while both B-Channels are admined down. Doesn't make any sense to me. How can I get them into down/down mode ? Regards, Hans >From: "EA Louie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Hans Stout&qu

SNMP Errors [7:473]

Hello colleagues, when I do a 'sh snmp' I get the following output: "270479 No such name errors" Do you know what that means ? Thanks for your help in advance. Hans _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at ht

Windows 95 Dial-Up to Cisco 1603 [7:2173]

Hello colleagues, I have a Windows 95 client that I want to be able to dial in to a Cisco 1603. The Cisco 1603 is configured for callback accepts. The problem is that the client dials in, the call is then disconnected, the router initiates the callback, but during the verification of username

Routing Table Size on 6509 MSFC [7:2174]

Hello colleagues, I have a Catalyst 6509 with an MSFC card, do you know if there is a command to view the size of the routing table ? I need to know because I am planning to add a fair amount of VLANs, and I want to make sure that the card can handle it. Thanks for your help in advance. Regar

Outbound access lists [7:3174]

Hello colleagues, I am trying to configure outbound access lists between 4 FastEthernet subinterfaces (with 4 different VLANs configured), so that the VLANs cannot communicate with each other. The problem is that inbound access lists work fine, but when I configure outbound access lists (e.g.

Routing to different destinations from same source [7:3569]

Hello colleagues, I want to route to two different destinations from the same source addresses. The souces are Windows NT machines with two default gateways; I want everything going to the Internet going out to one of the gateways, and everything else going out the other. I am not sure if conf

CBAC on subinterfaces [7:3787]

Hello colleagues, I wonder if it is possible to configure context-based access control between subinterfaces on the same router. Is the concept of external and internal networks still valid when it comes to subinterfaces ? Regards, Hans

IP extended access list question [7:4321]

Hello colleagues, I am trying to block all IP traffic from host A to host B except for ICMP echo replies. This is the access list I hve configured: access-list 100 permit icmp host 171.21.10.2 host 171.21.50.2 echo log access-list 100 permit icmp host 171.21.10.2 host 171.21.50.2 echo-reply log

CBAC Question [7:4508]

Hello colleagues, I want to configure CBAC on a Cisco 2620 with the following interfaces (I have also attached a drawing of the network): FastEthernet0/0 ip address 192.168.19.2/24 FastEthernet0/0.2 ip address 10.33.128.2/19 FastEthernet0/0.3 ip address 192.168.14.2/24 FastEthernet0/0.4 ip a

7204 router requirements [7:4982]

Hello group, I need to order a 7204 router, but I am not sure about what the chassis is configured like. Does the chassis come with the NPE and the I/O controller by default, or do I have to buy them separately ? Thanks for your help in advance. Regards, Hans

100MB uplink to ISP [7:5026]

Hello group, I have a customer who wants to know which Cisco router (and appropriate port adapters) he needs to provide three 100MB uplinks to three different ISP4s. According to my own research, the 7206VXR with three OC-3 SONET-STM1 cards should do the job. Do you think this is the best solu

Switch port failure on 3548 [7:15089]

Hello colleagues, I have a Cisco 3548 switch and I suspect that one of the switch ports is not working. All 48 ports have a CAT5 cable connection, and all ports are patched to the respective wall outlets, there are no active users yet, so all the ports are down/down. When I do a shut/no shut o

Re: Switch port failure on 3548 [7:15089]

help. Regards, Hans >From: Mike Mandulak >To: Hans Stout , [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Switch port failure on 3548 [7:15089] >Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 07:44:33 -0400 > >The only way I can think that it would be a cable problem is if there was a >short in the wire somewhere.

RE: Switch port failure on 3548 [7:15089]

a PC >into the > port, does it stay up/up? Then plug a PC in another port with an >FTP server > on it and do some file transfers, then check for errors. > > MikeM > > - Original Message - > From: "Hans Stout" > To: >

MOTD on Cat5000/5500 [7:16137]

Hello colleagues, I have a question regarding the Message of the Day banner on Cat5000/5500 switches. It looks like I am limited to 255 characters; do you know if this can be changed so that I can put in a banner that exceeds 255 ? Thanks for your help in advance. Regards, Hans

Re: MOTD on Cat5000/5500 [7:16137]

Kevin, thanks for the info. The problem I am having is that, after typing in 5 or 6 lines, the switch itself ends the MOTD entry and says 'banner motd set', even without me typing the ending delimiter. Any idea what could cause that ? Thanks for your help in advance. Regards, Hans >From: "

Cat5500 Supervisor Engine compatibility [7:16420]

Hello colleagues, this might be an 4open door4 question: I have two Cat5509s, and I am in the process of installing a redundant supervisor engine into both. The first one works fine, since the Supervisor engines are exactly the same, including the firmware version. On the other Cat5500, the ne

Supervisor on Cat5509 not recognized [7:16588]

Hello colleagues, I have installed a redundant Supervisor III in my Cat5509. The problem is that the switch doesn4t see the module, it says that Module 2 is empty. The system status LED on the module is RED, which probably means that one of the self tests has failed. I am not sure how to find

Earl ASIC unsupported error message on cat5509 [7:18048]

Hello colleagues, I am trying to install a redundant SE III in a Cat5509 switch; the module is booting, but then the system is halted. Here is the output from the boot sequence: System Bootstrap, Version 5.1(2) Copyright (c) 1994-1999 by cisco Systems, Inc. Presto processor with 65536 Kbytes o

Cannot add dialer map statement [7:27078]

Hello colleagues, I am trying to add a dialer map statement to a dialer interface configuration. Even after removing the existing dialer map statement, upon entering the new one the system tells me that it cannot add the dialer map because there already exists a dynamic one. There is nothing s

Re: Trunking - VLANS - with NORTEL switch [7:27255]

Hamid, how far are you with the VLAN configuration on your BayStack 450 ? Use the 4VLAN Configuration Menu4 and the 4VLAN Port Configuration Menu4 to create VLANs and to add ports. Use the 4Multilink Trunk Configuration Menu4 to create trunks. The BayStack supports 802.1q trunking only, so you

Schedule job in CiscoWorks2000 [7:28852]

Hello colleagues, I am trying to schedule a job to get the enable and telnet passwords changed on all my switches and routers using the job scheduler in Resource Manager Essentials. I understand how to schedule the job, but the execution fails every time because the logon to the switches and r

Boson practice tests [7:31209]

Hello colleagues, I am preparing for the written CCIE (Routing & Switching) and I came across the Boson CCIE practice exams. The questions look ok; does anybody have comments on the quality of these practice exams ? Your comments are welcome. Thanks in advance. Regards, Hans

ISDN interface problem

Hi there colleagues, I have a problem with my ISDN interface on a Cisco 2610 router. I just had a Telekom engineer at the site verify that the line is ok to the interface, but he cannot see any lights burning on the intreface (B1 and B2 LEDs). When I do a sh isdn status, I get the following:

Re: ISDN interface problem

[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: LARRY OSEI-KWAKU <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Hans Stout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: ISDN interface problem >Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 05:10:29 -0700 (PDT) > >I think you will need to enable the interface first >befor

Modem/Console port logon problem

Hi colleagues, I have a problem when I dial in to a 2610 router; the router has a U.S. Robotics modem attached via the console port. Upon dialing in, I get a connection but no login prompt. When I telnet in to the router at the same time and configure something on the router, the terminal wind

Re: Modem/Console port logon problem

Hi Jason, after adding the line "modem dialin" to my aux port config line, I now get a password prompt; the problem I have now is that the password prompt doesn't respond to my keyboard, the passwords just time out. What could be the reason for this ? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards,

Modem not connected to con/aux port ?

Hello colleagues, I wonder if any of you know if there is a way to find out by looking at the configuration of a router if there is a modem connected to the aux or console port ? I have a router which should have a modem attached to it, but when I try to dial in, I get a NO CARRIER response. I

3620 Modem Pooling

Hello colleagues, do you know if it is possible to configure different modem pools on a 3620 ? And if so, does it matter what kind of modem module I use (6/12/18/24/30-port digital modem or 8/16-port analog modem) ? Can I just use the modem-pool IOS command ? Thanks in advance for your help, I

Lucent Switch/Cisco router parameters

Hi colleagues, I have a question regarding a frame relay connection that goes through a Lucent/Ascend B-STDX 9000 switch. There are certain configurable parameters on the switch, and I wonder if there are matching parameters on Cisco routers for those: B-STDX 9000Cisco Lmi-aut

Cisco 1600 boots into RMON

Hi colleagues, I have a problem when I boot a 1601: the OK LED is blinking, I then connect to it through the console port and see that it is stuck with the RMON> prompt. When I enter the reset command, it boots up ok. After about 1 hour, the router reboots again and gets stuck with the RMON> p

Standard Cisco passwords

Hi colleagues, do you know what the Cisco standard passwords are ? As far as I remember, they are 'cisco' and 'sanfran', but I am not sure (also not sure about lower/upper case). Thanks for your help in advance. Georg Pauwen _

PIX Firewall user connections

Hi colleagues, I have a question regarding the PIX Firewall: when they mention the number of user connections, what does that actually mean ? Does e.g. the 520 model allow 250,000+ user to be connected simultaneously ? Also, the new 506 PIX model does not specify the number of user connections

BGP on Cisco 1601 with 12.0(3)T IOS

Hello colleagues, I have two Cisco 1601's running IOS version 12.0(3)T on which I try to implement BGP as a routing protocol. When I am in config mode, I can see that BGP is an option, but when I type 'router bgp 10', the system returns 'unknown routing protocol'. Are there any special require

Carrier transitions

Hello colleagues, do you know what causes carrier transitions on a serial interface ? Is it when the serial status changes from up/up to up/down, or when it changes to down/down, or both ? Thanks for your help in advance. Georg Pauwen

ATM deaming/line encoding problem

Hello colleagues, I have a problem with my ATM connection from my Cisco router to a Cisco BPX ATM switch. When I look at the line on the switch, the line status is ok. When I run the 'sh cont atm 1/0' command, I get the following output (maybe anybody as an idea on where the error could be); I

Hex calculator allowed on BCMSN exam ? [7:20965]

Hi colleagues, I am about to take the BCMSN exam; I know that you are allowed to use a calculator on the exam, but does this calculator also allow you to convert decimals or binaries to hex ? I hope this question doesn't violate the non-disclosure agreements... Regards, Hans ___

VTY password on CatOS [7:23610]

Hello colleagues, does anybody know how to set the VTY password on a CatOS-based switch ? All I could find is the 'set password' command. Thanks for your help in advance. Regards, Hans _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at

Netsys Baseliner [7:23611]

Hello colleagues, I am trying to find information about the Netsys Baseliner, as far as I know it is an EoL product and not available anymore. I know that there once was an evaluation CD; does anybody know if that CD is still available, or can I get it from somebody ? Or is somebody willing to