New Site

we now have our own website set up, www.twistedpear.org.uk although it needs some additional work it will begin to build a much better repository for our projects and ideas.

cisco router password reset

Connect your console cable, and using hyperterm at

9600 baud, No parity, 8 data & 1 stop bit with now flow control


Turn on the router, you should see the post start. Keep hitting shift+break ( sometimes shift+fn+break on laptops )

the switch should enter the rommon

rommon>

Type confreg 0x2142 at the rommon 1> To bypass the config on next load.

Type reset to reset the router.

The router will reboot without config, don't run the auto setup.


Type enable to enter priv mode

The router> prompt should change to router#

now that you are in enable mode ( no password needed ) you can load the configuration.

type copy start run
type show run
type conf t to enter config mode

Router(config)#

Type enable secret apassword tto set the password

Type config-register 0x2102 to set the router to load conf on boot

Type copy run start to save the config

type reload to restart the router

Cisco port forward a range.

Not tried this myself, but if you want to port forward a range of ports then try this..

Will giv it a go when I have time.

http://www.iternity.co.uk/phorum/read.php?8,18,18,quote=1

Rob

Reset A Cisco Catalyst switch to defaults.

Dead easy this one.

to clear the config

#write erase

then

#del flash:vlan.dat

I actualy back up both the config and vlans beforehand

copy run flash:config.old
copy flash:vlan.dat flash:vlan.old

just in case....

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps607/products_tech_note09186a00800c4546.shtml

More details of work and projects can also be found on my website

My Website!/

GMS

Cecil Street Auto Repairs Carlilse ( the citys newest garage )

Also Backlink the garage service, yes this is a shameless plug for the garage to try and get it up the garage ratings on search pages. we are probably the closest garage to the city center of Carlisle.

Our garage can service your car whilst you shop in Carlisle
Our garage can repair you car whilst you shop in Carlisle
Our garage can MOT your car whilst you shop in Carlisle
Our garage will endevour to slot you in in an emergancy folowing a breakdown.

Don't put off servicing and maintenance as they will lead to costly repair bills.



GMS

claytune

www.claytune.org.uk

New garage in Carlisle ( off topic )

New garage in Carlisle run by a freind.

Carlisle, Cecil Street Auto Repairs (CSAR) are specialist in Ford, Vauxhall, Peugot, Citroen, Toyota but are happy to service and repair all makes of car.

MOT , Diagnostics and repairs of ABS, aircon and general electrical works.

47 Cecil Street
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA1 1NS

01228 599688

www.csauto.co.uk

info@csauto.co.uk

Always check the backup....

So, last Friday one of the learning managers asked if there was anyway we could set up a calendar that all staff could view... A few headscratching minuets and various options were considered. I then recaled that Groupwise has calendar publishing. GR8!

By the end of the day I had it working, but that was interupted by general performance issues arround the network but mainly with the groupwise server. ( Could it be Calendar publishing?? ) Anyway by the end of the day everything seemed OKish.

Saturday I got a text to say webmail was not working, and after remotting in to the VMware ESX server I could see that all was not well with the Groupwsie box. this transpired to be the SAN volume being out of disk space. Once that was resolved things got back to normal.

Monday started off ok, untill 10ish. then groupwise started locking up. Eventualy it got to the stage that VMware could not even power of the machine!!! The ESX host had to be restarted. I hoped this was the last of it.

But on tuesday the same again. Groupwise showing 100% utilisation on the console.

I did a little more diging, shutting down all of the mail services. Still 100%

Further digging and looking at the Busiest Threads showed a number fo TSA threads running.

Hmm... TSA usualy relates to backups. I unloaded the backup exec agent with no aparent difference.

TSA threads were sill aparent.

I unloaded TSAFS, and almost straight away performance was restored. Groupwise reloaded and the server happy again.



Checkign the backup server then releaed the root casue!! A stuck backup job, which was stuck because the tape library had fallen over.


So... If you have performance issues, check your backups aint still trying to run.

Rob