Redirecting Cisco Show Command Output
Have you ever issued a diagnostic command on a Cisco device and wish you could keep the output to review off line at a later time? There actually is a way to do this! (without copying and pasting, etc). I recently was asked to send the results of “show tech-support” to Cisco’s TAC to get […]
Authenticating APC Network Management Cards with Network Policy Server
Working in a large environment with 100% power availability as a requirement I have had the experience of working with many APC UPS systems. We typically monitor the UPS remotely and from time to time have to log in to check statuses or review errors. Our environment frowns upon shared credentials as do I so […]
SSH Tunneling and Proxying
Today I want to talk about the flexibility, security, and convenience of using SSH Tunneling and Proxying to connect to your remote network devices. The SSH tunnel will act as a VPN of sorts to get us inside the network where remote access is otherwise not available. These examples will also wrap the traffic in […]
Cisco Wireless AP LED Commands
In the networking realm of things I typically get to play with new and sophisticated technology. Sometimes, however, even the most sophisticated technology requires some really simple changes for some really simple reasons. For example. the other day I was approached about disabling the LEDs on our Cisco access points. Since I was working in […]