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Configure Cisco IOS 802.1x Supplicant

If you have an intermediate familiarity with Ethernet switching you are more than likely familiar with 802.1x port based authentication. With that assumption let’s assume your environment is locked down tight enough to the point where this security is enabled. Great! However, what if you needed to add another Cisco device to a client facing switch port? Not so great… How do you get the device to authenticate the same way as your PC does? Fortunately the IOS includes a supplicant for 802.1x that will allow us to authenticate just like a wired windows client! Let’s check out the config … Continue reading

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CUCM Partitions and Calling Search Space Basics

To understand the Class of Control mechanisms in Cisco’s Unified Communications Manager it’s vital that you understand Partitions and Calling Search Spaces. There are a number of analogies that can be drawn to illustrate the concept. I personally have found the analogies more complicated than just a simple explanation. Continue reading

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Cisco SSH Console Server

Did you know a Cisco router can be used as a console server? Continue reading

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Understanding Prefix Lists

When filtering and manipulating routing protocols and routing updates there are a number of options on the Cisco platforms we as engineers can take advantage of.  In a previous post I briefly discussed the use of standard ACL’s to filter updates.  ACLs filter every packet, or in this case advertised network, that falls within the range is specifies.  This is useful for all or nothing or specific inclusions but does not allow us to us easily filter or permit based on the actual prefix length, ie subnet mask length.  Enter prefix lists. To begin the discussion lets establish a topology … Continue reading

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