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July 9, 2008  12:00 PM

Generic Cisco RAM



Posted by: Joshua Wood
Cisco, Routers, Storage

Cisco routers and switches are like any other piece of computing hardware. It needs slow long-term storage and fast short-term storage. In the case of a Cisco 2821 router this equates to compact flash storage for the long slow storage and regular RAM for the fast short-term storage. Typically,...

July 8, 2008  12:00 PM

Cisco Feature Comparison Tool



Posted by: Joshua Wood
Cisco, Routers, Switches

The need for more robust hardware is always a struggle. Cisco hardware is very exspensive so you always want to do more with it than you origianlly intended. What seems to always end up happening for me is that I load the IOS with just the features that I need and then later I need to a feature...


May 30, 2008  2:56 AM

How-to Set the Time on Your Servers and Routers



Posted by: Joshua Wood
Cisco, HP ProCurve, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Routers, Switches

(Windows, Cisco and HP Procurve) Time synchronization on your network gear is very important. Logs, IPSec tunnels and other services rely on the correct time to make sure that they are doing their jobs properly and securely. In order to synchronize the time your network gear (routers and...


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