Cisco

Aexus FTDI USB to RJ45 Cisco Console Cable Review

What’s wrong with the old Cisco Console Cable? As a long time Network Engineer I’ve used a fair share of Cisco console cables and various dongles. The regular generic Cisco Console cables (aka Rollover cable) that come with routers and…


How to configure Netflow on Cisco Catalyst 3650/3850 switch

Prerequisites Not all Cisco switches support Netflow. Cisco Catalyst 3650 and 3850 runs IOS XE and supports Full Netflow (not sampled) capability. This feature is only supported from IPBASE license and up. In order to enable this, use the below…




How to dynamic NAT on Cisco ASA ASDM

Dynamic NAT / PAT / HIDE NAT / NAT Overload Dynamic PAT (Port Address Translation), HIDE NAT and NAT Overload all refer to the same meaning – which is to dynamically NAT your internal network address segment to one IP…



Linksys SRW2024 recover from failed firmware update

So you’ve bricked your Linksys SRW2024? Apparently many users have issues upgrading the firmware on this switch. Most realize once after applying the latest update and rebooted, the switch no longer responds and the management interface cannot be accessed. This…


How to clean up old images on IOS XE

Problem If you ever run into the following error messages: %Error copying usbflash0:cat3k_caa-universalk9.SPA.03.06.04.E.152-2.E4.bin (Not enough space on device) or % flash: requires 295884 KB of free space, but only 167160 KB is available. Operation aborted. You’ve run out of disk…



How to show hidden default Cisco IOS configurations

Where did my “switchport access vlan 1” command go? Have you ever noticed that Cisco has loaded default configurations onto the switch without showing it on your startup or running config? “switchport access vlan 1” is a good example. Take…