Tag: cisco
Cisco IOS Task Automation
If you love your server or desktop operating system’s CLI as much as myself you have probably banged out a few scripts to automate tasks at least a time or two… Did you know you can also script and automate tasks on Cisco IOS networking devices? The options are wrapped around the built in embedded […]
Collecting CLI Data from Cisco Devices Via HTTP
I always try to approach technical challenges with the thought that “just because something can’t be done doesn’t mean it can’t be done”. Sure enough I had a problem like this cross my desk again the other day. I wanted a simple way to get the number of active calls on a handful of MGCP […]
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 […]
EIGRP Route Filtering with ACLs
There are a number of reasons to implement route filtering. The filters can be used to control what routes are sent as well as what routes are learned from a neighbor. With ACLs the configuration is very flexible so just about anything is possible!