Just back from Munich

Just came back from a trip to Munich - we moved our office location in Munich, so I had to rollout new firewall pack. This time with a twist though.. We did not want to purchase a big PBX solution from Deutsche Telekom, so we only purchased a couple of ISDN2 lines. Together with VoIP enabled router and a bunch of 7940 Cisco IP phones we've got a nice solution.
Of course, it's going to be better once we route all calls to other offices though our Internet connection, but it will suffice for now.

Had a shitload of weissbeer.. I love coming to Munich, simply because of the excellent weissbeer.

Cisco fun

So I was testing some stuff in my lab for a friend of mine, and I discovered an alternate use of the AUX port on your Cisco router.
Actually I've always been aware of the AUX port, but only thought it would apply for some modem callback stuff.

Here's a cool way to use your AUX port:

r3#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
r3(config)#int loopback 0
r3(config-if)#ip address 10.10.10.10 255.255.255.255
r3(config-if)#no shutdown
r3(config-if)#exit 
r3(config)#line aux 0
r3(config-line)#transport input telnet
r3(config-line)#^Z
r3#

r3#sh line
 Tty Typ     Tx/Rx    A Modem  Roty AccO AccI   Uses   Noise  Overruns   Int
   0 CTY              -    -      -    -    -      1       0     0/0       -
*   65 AUX   9600/9600  -    -      -    -    -     14       2     0/2517358   -
*   66 VTY              -    -      -    -    -     14       0     0/0       -
  67 VTY              -    -      -    -    -      0       0     0/0       -
  68 VTY              -    -      -    -    -      0       0     0/0       -
  69 VTY              -    -      -    -    -      0       0     0/0       -
  70 VTY              -    -      -    -    -      0       0     0/0       -

Line(s) not in async mode -or- with no hardware support:
1-64

I'll now plugin a rollover cable in the AUX port, and the other end into the console port of some other device (in this case a Cat5)

Now I'll be able to do the following:

r3#telnet 10.10.10.10 2065
Trying 10.10.10.10, 2065 ... Open

Console>
Console> sh ver
WS-C5505 Software, Version McpSW: 6.3(4a) NmpSW: 6.3(4a)
Copyright (c) 1995-2002 by Cisco Systems
NMP S/W compiled on Feb  9 2002, 19:11:26
MCP S/W compiled on Feb 09 2002, 18:56:22

System Bootstrap Version: 5.1(1)

Hardware Version: 1.0  Model: WS-C5505  Serial #: xxxxxxxxx

Mod Port Model      Serial #  Versions
--- ---- ---------- --------- ----------------------------------------
1   2    WS-X5550   022301142 Hw : 1.2
                            Fw : 5.1(1)
                            Fw1: 5.2(1)
                            Sw : 6.3(4a)

     DRAM                    FLASH                   NVRAM
Module Total   Used    Free    Total   Used    Free    Total Used  Free
------ ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- ----- ----- -----
1       32768K  18662K  14106K   8192K   3910K   4282K  512K  185K  327K

Uptime is 0 day, 5 hours, 30 minute

Pretty nifty, If you need console access to a device that is behind a core-router..

Awesome..

A nice article on how to set up VSAT, picture step-by-step.

Read it here

[via boingboing]

Coolest music video EVER!

It's a damn shame that only these modern artists, are not using the KISS principle when creating music videos.
You've got:
* chicks
* the band
* a cheap plastic tent from Toys'R'Us
* and some sweet 70s groove

(click on the image to see the full video)

Retro

I was walking around Virgin Megastore the other day, when I stumbled upon this _really_ retro offer:

I was actually considering getting it - but I really do not have any space for it. Too bad, there's a bunch of classic games on it.