Archive for March, 2008

New Theme!

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Lucian E. Marin made a very good wordpress theme. It looks clean and the main reason I choose this theme is the width of the content that spread wide enough for my Cisco CLI lines.
Some configuration changes have also been made to accomodate the image placement inside the article. This CSS script is taken [...]

Asus EEE PC or Thinkpad X31?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

My wife asked for a computer. The requirements are simple. Small and easy to carry. this computer will be used just for browsing and email and bit of document processing.
Then there was the hail Asus EEE PC hype coming up. The specification looks promising and as it is really light and just enough to browsing, [...]

Cisco CLI Tips.

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Shortcut them all
This is an old skool but just in case you don’t know it. You can use shorter command on your Cisco router or switch.

router#copy running-config startup-config
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration…
[OK]
router#copy run start
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration…
[OK]
router#wr
Building configuration…
[OK]

router#show ip interface brief
Interface [...]

Talent is Never Enough.

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

I bought this book following its exceptional editorial reviews in Amazon.com.
Talent is “often overrated and frequently misunderstood,” observes leadership expert Maxwell (The 360 Degree Leader), who advises readers on building their strengths to become a “Talent-plus person.” In the first chapter, he examines how “belief lifts your talent,” whether it’s belief in your potential, yourself [...]

New Learning Curve.

Friday, March 14th, 2008

I started year 2008 with a new concept of study and learning. This is a priceless experience that I gain a complete different understanding about the way I acquire knowledge.
I began to realize that I’m not like those people who can finish CCIE within very limited time continuum, one even can get it for [...]

Note for using BGP link bandwidth

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Taken from http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/iproute/configuration/guide/irp_bgp_link_band.html
The link bandwidth extended community attribute is a 4-byte value that is configured for a link that on the demilitarized zone (DMZ) interface that connects two single hop eBGP peers. The link bandwidth extended community attribute is used as a traffic sharing value relative to other paths while forwarding traffic. Two paths are [...]

BGP Lab v01

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Download full size of network topology
This is my BGP lab I’ve created on dynamips. I don’t have the time to explain in details why I configure it this way. This is actually part of my BGP/CCIP study. So, don’t expect you will find BGP/CCIE level on this lab.
This lab consists:
- Multihoming to multi ISP
[...]