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Script to backup Cisco switches via telnet / tftp

A couple of days ago, I have released a small perl script to back up Cisco IOS based switches via telnet.

I know there are a couple of similar scripts available on the internet, but most of them either Read more

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Juniper ScreenOS : default route manipulations and redistributions

The default route or “route of last resort” is an important route in most present inter-network connectivity configurations. It contains all public and private routes possible and is responsible for directing traffic to a next hop when no better Read more

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Juniper ScreenOS : defeating iBGP full mesh requirement using route reflectors and confederations

As explained in one of my earlier posts, one of the requirements to successfully setup and operate an iBGP configuration is that all iBGP clients need to have a BGP connection to all other iBGP clients. (= full Read more

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Juniper Screenos : Redundant multi-exitpoint ISP routing failover using multiple vrouters, multiple OSPF areas and eBGP

Introduction

As you most likely already know, Juniper screenOS supports a couple of dynamic routing protocols (OSPF, BGP, RIP).  These protocols can be used to build very powerful and redundant networks,  however there are some screenos specific issues with Read more

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Getting connected to the internet over IPv6 using Juniper/screenos

It started snowing today, so I guessed it would be the perfect timing to write a quick and dirty howto on getting connected to the internet over IPv6, using a Juniper ssg5.  I’ll also discuss the easy steps to Read more

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Using Fedora 9 as an OSPF / BGP router (Quagga / Zebra) and set up BGP between Linux and Juniper ScreenOS

In this post, I’m going to show you how to set up a Linux host (Fedora Core 9) and use it as a BGP enabled router. 

In order to fully understand the setup & configuration, please have a look Read more

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Juniper ScreenOS BGP Basics : a simple iBGP test case

As explained in one of my earlier posts, ScreenOS supports a couple of ways to provide for dynamic routing. Today, I’m going to explain some basic implementations of BGP on ScreenOS. Unlike my post on OSPF, I won’t Read more

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Using OSPF on Juniper Netscreen Firewalls

Introduction to OSPF

OSPF is a link-state (dynamic) routing protocol that operates within an autonomous system. OSPF falls within the group of Interior Gateway Protocols. Devices that use OSPF will

  • advertise link state information. The devices generate Link State Read more
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Cisco switch IOS cheat sheet

Reset to factory defaults :

  • connect console (9600/8/None/1, no flow control)
  • take out power cable
  • press mode button (at the front), hold it,  and put power cable back
  • switch will go into recovery mode
  • run :
    • flash_init
    • load_helper
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Windows 2003 Server Network Load Balancing (NLB) for IIS based SMTP services

In this post, I will explain how to set up 2 or more Windows 2003 servers to use the Windows Server built-in NLB functionalities in order to provide high availability and network load balancing for IIS based SMTP services.

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