Category: Hardware

Cisco Dynamic Name Update

In an enabled user and configure terminal mode enter the below edited details. ip ddns update method dyndns HTTP add http://username:pa55w0rd@members.dyndns.org/nic/update?system=dyndns&hostname=<h>&myip=<a> interval maximum 28 0 0 0 ! interface Dialer0 ip ddns update hostname hostname.dyndns.org ip ddns update dyndns To enter a question mark you must type ctrl-v before pressing ? Use “debug ip ddns update” …

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Outage

Well that was fun, not. I’ve just spent the entire evening copying virtual machines between these two drives because the left one decide 2.6 years was enough.  Lucky Linux is smart and gives you enough warning to buy a replacement drive. Though unfortunately my exchange database store became corrupt during the fault and I’ve had …

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I’ve Purchased My Own Cisco 887-AdvK9

Yay!! I finally own one for myself. Good old eBay got me a bargain,  This 877 and a 837 for $280 (including postage) not bad seeing the 877 sell for over $1000 new.  I think the market is getting flooded with these now, as ebay have them for around this price almost all the time …

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Setup a Cisco Router with POTS on Amnet ADSL

Lanchbury Cisco Layout on Temperary 800 Series Router

I recently posted a Cisco config on a bridge mode ADSL2+ modem.  Well as I’m a IT Consultant, I get my hands on a fair bit of hardware.  Well this weekend I’ve had a unit that needed testing, as it was failing to transfer data across it’s ADSL link.  Fortunately for me it wasn’t faulty, …

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