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Cisco to Juniper command reference sheet.

by Ron Staples April 26, 2011 Juniper Bytes
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I found this sheet on the internet a few years back.  If anyone knows the URL send it to me and I’ll link it. The sheet as help me perform some basic troubleshooting on the Juniper J2300 in our lab. The 2300 came with an elaborate GUI interface however I more comfortable diving knee deep [...]

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IPV6, a 1,000 foot view

by Ron Staples April 12, 2011 My Blog
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Has full time IPSEC Eliminates the need for broadcast. Uses UNICAST (one to one) Uses MULTICAST FF01: (one to many) Uses ANYCAST (one to closest) Eliminates the need for HSRP/VRRP NAT is not longer used No more private addresses (the old v6 unique site local address is eliminated) Uses Global scope address 2000::/3 (internet2 address [...]

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My MPLS Cheat Sheet.

by Ron Staples April 12, 2011 Cisco Bytes
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Below is a list of troubleshooting commands I comprised over the years while working for a “major telecommunications internet provider”. The commands helped me to easily isolate most MPLS issues that I came across.

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Task Manager’s Tiny foot print mode.

by Ron Staples April 11, 2011 Microsoft Bytes
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Have you ever ran into this?  Or even seen it?  Windows XP Task Manager has a mode called “Tiny footprint” MS Support Page The mode is meant to allow people who want to, display their CPU meter.   this comes in handy when running six or more routers in GNS3,  you want to make sure that [...]

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Static route, Default Network, Default gateway, what’s the difference?

by Ron Staples March 10, 2011 Cisco Bytes
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New engineers will sometimes find themselves confused when it comes to the  differences of defining a route.   When to use ip default-gateway and ip default-network and lastly when to use ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 [interface] Below is brief breakdown between the three. 1) Default Gateway (ip default-gateway x.x.x.x) This command serves non-routing network device that [...]

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And the Last 5 blocks of IPv4 /8 go to…

by Ron Staples February 21, 2011 My Blog

Keep moving along folks there is really nothing to see here…. nothing really new to report here, people always said the end was near, the real news is that they thought this day would have taken place 8 years earlier. .. below is my brief editorial of what took place Feb 3 2011.

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First Youtube Video Posted

by Ron Staples February 5, 2011 Video Bytes

I posted a brief video on how to setup GNS3 7.03, this version comes with the nice new features like auto save and an Ethernet Switch Router.  Check out the link and leave a comment. I know that the audio is a bit a rough and I’m working that out as I type…  I shot [...]

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