Friday, 27 June 2008
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| PIX and Nokia Communicator 9500/9300(i) Jyri Korhonen 23:01:35 |
| | It seems that the only Cisco products that Nokia officially
supports are the Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators. However
with a little help from Nokia I did succeed in making Nokia
VPN client work with PIX 6.3(5). So I decided to post some
instructions.
In PIX I used a simple configuration with pre-shared keys, DES,
MD5 and Diffie-Hellman goup 2, but Nokia's client supports
also the alternatives (3DES, AES, SHA-1, 1536-bit groups,
NAT-Traversal etc.).
The hard part is the phone and the hardest part was finding
how you should begin. Basically you'll need:
- Nokia Communicator 9500/9300(i)
- Nokia PC Suite program for your Communicator (usually
comes with the phone)
- Nokia VPN Client for your Communicator (downloadable
from Nokia's pages)
- MAKESIS.EXE - a command line program for creating
Symbian Software Installation (SIS) files. I don't
know how you can get this easily. I had to download
a 127 MB Symbian SDK from http://www.forum.nokia.com
to get this program (size about 300 kB).
- a text editor like Notepad
Then you create three text files (below), put them in the same
folder as MAKESIS.EXE, run
makesis VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pkg
to create the SIS installation pakage and install the pakage
into your phone. Finally you create a new VPN Access Point in
your phone, select the VPN policy you just installed to the
new VPN Access Point and you are ready.
The three text files are
VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pin
VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pol
VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pkg
The contents of the files you can see below. Note that
you must edit the .pol file to match the configuration
of your PIX. I have added comments to the .pol file
and marked them with a star (*). Remove the comments.
---
VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pin
[POLICYNAME]
VPN Policy
[POLICYDESCRIPTION]
VPN-policy-preshared-cisco.pol for Nokia Mobile VPN Client v3.0.
[POLICYVERSION]
1.1
[ISSUERNAME]
Do not edit
[CONTACTINFO]
Do not edit
VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pol
SECURITY_FILE_VERSION: 3
[INFO]
VPN-policy-preshared-cisco.pol for Nokia Mobile VPN Client v3.0.
[POLICY]
sa ipsec_1 = {
esp
encrypt_alg 12 * 2=DES, 3=3DES, 12=AES
max_encrypt_bits 256 * needed only for AES, remove if not
auth_alg 3 * 2=MD5, 3=SHA-1
identity_remote 0.0.0.0/0 * remote network
pfs * can be removed if PFS is not in use
src_specific
hard_lifetime_bytes 0
hard_lifetime_addtime 3600
hard_lifetime_usetime 3600
soft_lifetime_bytes 0
soft_lifetime_addtime 3600
soft_lifetime_usetime 3600
}
remote 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 = { ipsec_1(123.45.67.89) }
* remote network and address of the PIX
inbound = { }
outbound = { }
[IKE]
ADDR: 123.45.67.89 255.255.255.255 * PIX
MODE: Aggressive * other is MAIN
SEND_NOTIFICATION: TRUE
ID_TYPE: 11 * do not touche
FQDN: PreSharedGroup * name of the vpngroup
GROUP_DESCRIPTION_II: MODP_1536 * for DH group 2 use 1024
USE_COMMIT: FALSE
IPSEC_EXPIRE: FALSE
SEND_CERT: FALSE
INITIAL_CONTACT: FALSE
RESPONDER_LIFETIME: TRUE
REPLAY_STATUS: TRUE
USE_INTERNAL_ADDR: FALSE
USE_NAT_PROBE: FALSE * do not touche
ESP_UDP_PORT: 0 * do not touche
NAT_KEEPALIVE: 60
USE_XAUTH: TRUE * true or false
USE_MODE_CFG: TRUE * true or false
REKEYING_THRESHOLD: 90
PROPOSALS: 1
ENC_ALG: AES256-CBC * I used DES-CBC
AUTH_METHOD: PRE-SHARED
HASH_ALG: SHA1
GROUP_DESCRIPTION: MODP_1536 * for DH group 2 use 1024
GROUP_TYPE: DEFAULT
LIFETIME_KBYTES: 0
LIFETIME_SECONDS: 28800
PRF: NONE
PRESHARED_KEYS:
FORMAT: STRING_FORMAT
KEY: 8 password * the number is the lenght of the password
VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pkg
;
; A VPN POLICY PACKAGE
;
; LANGUAGES
; - None (English only by default)
; INSTALLATION HEADER
; - Only one component name is needed to support English only
; - UID is the UID of the VPN Policy Installer application
#{"VPN Policy"},(0x1000597E),1,0,0,TYPE = SISCONFIG
; LIST OF FILES
; Policy file
"VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pol"-"C:\System\Data\Security\Install\VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pol"
; Policy-information file
; - NOTE: The policy-information file MUST be the last file in this
; list!
; - FM (FILEMIME) passes the file to the respective MIME handler
; (in this case, the VPN Policy Installer
; application).
"VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pin"-"C:\System\Data\Security\Install\VPN-policy-preshared-Cisco.pin",
FM, "application/x-ipsec-policy-info"
; REQUIRED FILES
; - The VPN Policy Installer application
(0x1000597E), 1, 0, 0, {"VPN Policy Installer"}
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Friday, 7 March 2008
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| PESQ Vs E-Model R-factor Allug 20:32:01 |
| | Hello guys,
I have a question regarding the methods used to measure Voice Quality.
We have a product that is a VoIP ADSL Gateway. It has two FXS ports.
We have two equipments that we use to measure Voice Quality.
1. Digital Speech Level Analyser from Malden which uses PAMS, PESQ
2. Ameritec CRS-A Analog Call generator with makes bulk calls and also
measures Voice Quality based on E-Model R-factor.
We usually connected two such gateways and make calls between them.
Can anyone please suggest which is the best method to measure voice
quality?
Ours isn't a live network. Hence sending test signals doesn't matter
much for us. Basically it is a test Lab.
So, I would be very much thankful to you if anyone could point out the
merits/demerits of both the methods above.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
allug
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Friday, 8 June 2007
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| cisco 7206 and IOS 12.4 with nat problem Milton 06:08:21 |
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Hi ,all.
I've configured nat on my 7206 with IOS12.4 ,the problem is that after
sometime,the nat table out of address,I've turned the timeout ,but still
happened.Somebody told me that was the bug of IOS12.4,is there any solution
of this.
The nat statistics appeared the total session 5000,which should not reach
the maximum value of 7206.
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Thursday, 24 May 2007
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| CiscoWorks + ODBC + Sybase Jacek Tomasik 17:03:27 |
| | Hello,
I need use data from CiscoWorks database (CiscoWorks Sybase Server).
CiscoWorks run on Windows 2000, with database Sybase SQL Anywhere 7.0.3,
ODBC client - OpenLink Lite for SQL server (TDS)
I tried connecting through ODBC (port 43441). For test I installed new
CiscoWorks server. I tried all combination of user/password data which I set
during installation process. Unfortunately it doesn't work. I found
information that this information is stored in
C:\Program Files\CSCOpx\databases\cmf\orig\odbc.tmpl.
It looks like:
CWEUID=r0wicBlFHWg=
CWEPWD=YmVCQxPhxLg=
It also doesn't work.
ODBC Client send information - [OpenLink][ODBC][SQL Server]Login incorrect.
(20014).
Anyone knows where can I find correct information about login and password?
Thanks for any ideas,
--
Jacek Tomasik
tjacek@interia.pl
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Monday, 14 May 2007
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| Cisco Callmanager output to syslog server Tim Coates 16:16:47 |
| | Hi,
We are trying to configure the Cisco Callmanager/gateway to output CDR
to a syslog server. The system writes CDR details to the syslog server,
but the PeerAddress field is always empty - this field contains the
calling/called party information. What needs to be enabled so this
information is transmitted to the syslog server?
Thanks in advance,
Tim C
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Friday, 27 April 2007
Wednesday, 25 April 2007
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| 871 console port not working Jks 00:31:39 |
| | I have a 871 router and trying to get the console to work.
I tried pluggin in the blue Cisco console port cable into the combined
console port/aux port on the back of the 871, I get garbage characters
in the hyperterimal that I'm using to connect to.
I can plug the same cable using the same setup into a 3825, 1811, 2811
and they all work fine and I can login etc.
I tried the reset button on the back of the 871 but apparently all it
does is if it's pressed within 5 seconds of boot and there is a valid
alternative *.cfg it will use that rather than startup but that didn't
help.
Anyone have any ideas ?
Thanks
John
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Monday, 9 April 2007
Tuesday, 13 March 2007
|
| Time Zone Sal 22:01:54 |
| | What is the command to change the time zone from UTC to MST on a Catalyst
6500 running Cisco IOS.
Thank you,
Sal
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Wednesday, 31 January 2007
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| Mystery Phone Number Revisited Salvatore Petrarca 20:41:27 |
| | Mr. Townson,
Recently, I was contacted by a company/person with the phone number
(866) 383-0986. A google search lead me to the edition of your
newsletter referenced in the subject line. I attempted to contact Mr.
Covert (whom is in the same situation as I) via e-mail in order to give
him the information I gathered on the organization that had called both
of us. My e-mail, however was bounced back. I am not requesting
that you give me his e-mail address, I simply request that you forward
the following message to him, if at all possible.
--------------------------------
I recently recieved a call from the number 866-383-0986. A Google
search yielded the MIT document (located
<a href="http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/archives/back.issues/recent.single.issues/V23_%23310">here</a>)
with your transmission in it.
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 16:28:15 -0400 (EDT) > From: John R. Covert <nospam@covert.org > Subject: Indian Telemarketing Shop Service-Monitoring Line? There's an interesting number on the caller-id of my fax line. The> call disconnected with no fax received.
(866) 383-0986
If you call it back, you get a recording with a distinctive Indian> accent saying, "Please dial the extension number which you want to> monitor." Hmmmmm. john
After doing some research, I came upon the following information:
Media Direct Marketing Consultants
1822 North Bend Drive
Knoxville, TN 37909
(866) 383-0986
I seem to remember "Media Direct" coming up in quite a few spyware
searches I've run. It's possible that by entering your fax number into
a textarea in a webpage, the spyware could have picked it up and sent
the information home, which is why they tried to "call" your fax
machine.
Have you been able to contact the company between the time you posted
the message and now?
Thanks,
Sal Petrarca
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Mr. Covert reads this Digest on
occassion so perhaps he will see your message here and respond. PAT]
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Thursday, 7 December 2006
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| Fax Machine Transmission Test Forrest Nelson 01:01:04 |
| | Does anyone know of a way to test your fax machine for transmission
performance. I have a machine or line that fails to receive without
errors maybe every 25th time.
Thanks,
JF Nelson
206-829-7348 direct
206-256-0423 fax
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Thursday, 26 October 2006
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| NACT STX Switch Guest 20:15:19 |
| | Hi,
We are searching for a management system for a NACT STX/NTS switching
platform. We need functionality that would allow agents and end users
to review their accounts, add products, add funds, change call back
numbers, add and change end user rates, etc.
Any leads would be greatly appreciated.
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Friday, 20 October 2006
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| More Trouble from 877-467-3277 Keri Fletcher 01:11:51 |
| | I was trying to find out who the phone# 877-467-3277 belonged to as
they keep calling me.
In my search I came across two posts at your Telecom Digest Online
bulletin board regarding this same number from people wondering who
the phone number belonged to.
I just called them and the recording said:
"Thank you for calling Sears Home Improvement Products. For quality
service.." blah blah blah
Anyway, just thought the posters might like to know and when I tried
to post I was sent a link to your email so if you or anyone else wants
to know ... that's who the number 877-467-3277 belongs to.
Smile
Keri
www.kerifletcher.com
[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Thanks for the tipoff, Keri. 877-467-3277
is an old offender; they have been calling people and hanging up for a
long time. No one seems to be able to stop them. I guess no one has
yet slapped them hard enough with lawsuits to get the point across to
them. We'll just add your complaint to the total received on Sears
Home Improvements. PAT]
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Thursday, 19 October 2006
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| Software for Norstar CICS Aloha 16:15:15 |
| | We have recently aquired a used Norstar CICS system with 6 phones.
The software cartidge has the following label:
NNTM8455MNP9
NT7B64BE
CICS-RIP 4.1 S.W WI6.15
We need to connect more then 8 phones to this system.
Questions:
Is there any way to tell if this is a restricted or standard software?
If this is a restricted software, do I just buy a new flash card with
the standard software or upgrade the existing with keycode?
Any suggestion where I can go to get more phones or software upgrade.
Thanks in advance for all the help anyone can provide.
Kong Tan
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Wednesday, 20 September 2006
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| Introduction to PortaOne Billing & Customer Management Naftali 14:55:16 |
| | PortaBilling100 is a carrier-grade VoIP billing and customer management
platform that enables IP telephony providers to launch, price and
provision their services immediately.
PortaBilling supports Caller-ID (ANI) based billing, with both prepaid
and postpaid billing models, as well as prepaid calling cards and
account/PIN systems with Interactive Voice Response (IVR).
PortaBilling100 can also be used by wholesale providers who terminate
VOIP calls for other providers.
PortaBilling100 can be installed and configured in less than an hour.
It offers a fully-featured, web-based interface, allowing it to be
hosted in outsourced data centers. A Cisco access server and
PortaBilling100 are all you need to launch a wide array of telephony
services, including low-cost international calling card systems, or to
offer telephony solutions for SME.
PortaBilling100 uses a real-time authorization, authentication and
billing engine to provide AAA services via the RADIUS protocol for any
VoIP gateway using a stop-accounting billing method. Our software is
built on open standards and runs on a UNIX server, and is ideal for
reliability-conscious ITSPs.
We are also seeking partners to offer our software on an ASP basis.
You can see more at www.portaone.com
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Wednesday, 6 September 2006
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| ethernet Eagle 13:08:14 |
| | Hi all,
I need the help.
I have a point-to-point link between switch 3500 and router 2651, which
routes between vlans on its Fe interface. What is my problem is significant
amounts of runt frames on the switch interface (~4% of traffic). I pont that
there is no underruns and collisions of course.
Whats the problem?
E.
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Wednesday, 16 August 2006
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| PSTN and VOIP in one box Peasngrits 04:30:44 |
| | Hello,
Does anyone know if there is a box available to allow me to join both my
telco single line and my vonage line together in one box. I'm in the
Bahamas. I would like to be able to call in from my cell or other landline
and enter some type of code or function that then allows me to receive a
dial tone from my vonage box and make a call. Similar to a pbx I guess,
but with only two lines. My Vonage box is the Cisco ATA-186.
So I would go from my vonage box into the " new switch box or something"
with a phone line, and my telco line would also go into the "new switch
box or something".
Thanks. I don't know if this is something that can be done with Asterisk,
a linux box and two regular modems, but can someone confirm that please?
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Tuesday, 15 August 2006
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| Philips bundles Skype & Windows Live VoIP with cordless phones KnowingAbout.com 22:28:31 |
| | Philips has launched in Australia two cordless phones selling for less
that $160 that operate both as PSTN phones with one model supporting
Skype and the other Windows Live Messenger.
Both are designed to work with a Windows PC running the respective
standard softphone client and Philips claims that, if the PC is set up
and working with the softphone, the cordless phones are totally plug
and play with no set up required. Full Skype or Windows Live
functionality, including conference calling and instant messaging is
supported.
Both products will be widely available through retail outlets under a
distribution deal with Ingram Micro. Mark Franklin, director of Ingram
Micro Australia's communications division, said that cordless phone
sales in Australia were running at around two million units per year
and growing. With the Philips units being within the price range for
standard cordless phones, Franklin said they would be an attractive
alternative, but acknowledged that there was a challenge in education
the retailers to promote the products effectively.
He said the products were targeted at mainstream consumers, not the
technically savvy section of the market. As such they represent an
interesting new option: there are already WiFi cordless phones
available that incorporate the Skype softphone and work with Skype
without the need for PC.
For the potential buyer contemplating the two units they will also have
to choose between Skype and Windows Live versions: a choice likely to
be determined by whether their contacts are predominantly on Skype or
Windows Live. (The phones are visually quite different: The Windows
Live version is black, and the Skype version white).
The phones' base stations connect to the PC via the USB port and use
the international standard DECT technology for the wireless link, not
WiFi. Philips claims that because the DECT frequencies are reserved for
cordless phone application, the phones are less prone to interference
than WiFi and also have better indoor coverage.
The Skype model, the Philips VoIP321 sells for $129.95 in a single
handset version and $199.95 in a two handset version, both are packaged
with 60 minutes of call credits for SkypeOut calls. The DECT standard
supports up to five handsets per base station, but Philips says there
are no plans for other combinations or for single handset sales - it
cites market research as indicating consumers rarely upgrade after the
initial purchase. However as the phones are DECT standard, any DECT
handset will be supported for PSTN calling.
The unit has a monochrome backlit screen that shows the user's
contact list and which contacts are online. It automatically
synchronises with the PC contact list. It has an inbuilt speakerphone
and remembers the last 20 missed calls and 10 received calls. Up to 50
phone numbers can be stored. You can get more information about this
phones on www.knowingabout.com/voip
Windows XP or 2000 is required. There are no confirmed plans to offer a
version that will work with Skype on the Mac. Kelly Poon, market
development manager for Skype Asia said the Skype softphone for
Windows, Linux and Mac OS X were quite different and any decision to
have the phone work with these would be up to Philips. Matt Moran,
general manager, Consumer Electronics Philips Australia, said he
expected a Mac version would be available, but could give no concrete
information.
Also, although it was claimed that the product's functioning would
not be affected by upgrades to the Skype softphone, the phone comes
with a version of the Softphone on CD with instructions that this
version should be used for the phone to work correctly
The Microsoft Live Messenger version is rather more expensive and
$159.95 and $249.95 for the dual version, largely because it has a full
colour screen, which maintains the look and feel of Microsoft Live on
the PC. It is also able to emulate the multiple account feature of
Windows Live, enabling each user to select their own account and view
their own contact lists. It is also a speakerphone.
For Further Information : www.knowingabout.com/voip
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| Headset/Mic Issue Gigadafud 21:30:09 |
| | I am wondering if there is anyone else that has run into this issue. We
have an Altigen 2G system running here and I cannot believe that I
would be the only person to have this problem out there.
On our Altigen box, we have ACM running and we have a small little
customer service office that is taking calls for multiple companies.
All with their own workgroup. So they recieve calls via the Altigen
Agent softphone interface. They are all using Plantronics DA60 USB
Headsets.
The can take calls just fine, talk to the customers and all that stuff
with no problems.
The problem we are having is come when the customer wants to hear a
verification. So the rep tries to play the verification but the person
on the phone is not going to be able to hear it.
So the question is, how the heck do I get an audio file being played on
the computer so that the customer on the other end of the phone can
hear that?
Any help on this would be GREATLY appreciated!!
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| problem with shifting client side ethernets on a Nortel Passport 8600 Guest 11:38:20 |
| |
Hi All,
Apologies if I am being a bit vague in the following description of my
problem. I tried google and google groups but was unable to find
anything remotely relevant. I am a UNIX guy and don't have much idea
about managed switching and netowrking internals except the basics.
I am a UNIX guy and I needed to deploy a server at a clients place. The
server to be deployed was earlier running on a Linux Server connected
to a VLAN port configured on a Nortel Passport 8600 Switch over
ethernet. The entire networking was done a couple of years ago and the
internal network guys don't have any idea.
The system is supposed to be shifted to a brand new hardware. I just
needed to remove the ethernet cable from the existing server and
plugged in to the new server running Linux again.
The "link LED" failed to come up and the interface was shown as "down".
What I had anticipated was that the switch would update its ARP cache
after a few minutes, but nothing of that sort happenned. I tried
rebooting the switch but even it failed to work. I tried configuring
other machines running Windows XP and FreeBSD 6.0, but the end result
was the same.
So, I think these might be the reasons:
1. Either, the port at the Nortel switch has been configured with the
ARP of the Linux Server as the destination, or
2. The Nortel Switch is unable to reload its ARP cache.
I am in a fix, and I am trying to find a solution to make the above
work without having to modify any configurations on the Nortel Switch.
Looking forward to all possible help,
Thanks and Regards,
Animesh
NeoLinux Solutions
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| Looking for a service vendor Steve 01:48:10 |
| | We've been using Nextira for the past few years. Since the purchase by
Blackbox, they're sticking to the letter of the service contract (we'll
get back to you within 3 days) instead of the idea of service (if
you've got a problem, we'll get back to you as fast as you need). I'm
looking for a new vendor to provide service and support on a small
Option 11C system with CallPilot and Symposium.
Any recommendations?
We're in the Chicago area.
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Monday, 14 August 2006
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| Moving copper service Bj 20:09:47 |
| | THE SCENARIO
Our office demarc is located in a furnace room, along with our legacy pbx
and alarm system base. All service is currently provided by a whole bunch
of pots lines. Our new phone system will live in our server room's 19" rack
and recieve PRI T1 service, but we still plan to have a few (probably 4)
copper lines available to the new system. This means we need to either move
or extend the copper service from the furnace room to the server room. One
of my goals is to remove the furnace room completely from my cabling/IT
infrastructure, and have everything terminating in my server room. This
would mean getting direct cable runs from the building demarc to my server
room, and it would mean moving the alarm system base.
MORE ABOUT THE DEMARC
Our office fills about the front 1/3 of this single-level building. There
is a demarc for the whole building, and feeder cables extend from it to the
respective "private" demarcs contained within each office. Our demarc fits
this description. One thing of note; the service to our office demarc
appears to be provided entirely by individual runs of cat3 or cat5 cables; I
don't see any 25-pair cables used, there's just a big bundle of wires coming
down from the cieling to 66 blocks.
(Very) rough sketch of our building:
=======================================================
| Building %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
| Demarc %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%% OTHER OFFICES %%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|----------------------------------\%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|----------\%%%%%%%%%% \-----------------------------------------------|
| Furnace |%%%%%%%%%%%--------%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
| Room |%%%%%%%%%% | Server | %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|---------- /%%%%%%%%%% | Room | %%%%%%%%%%%% Employee |
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-------- %%%%%%%%%%%% Entrance |
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% OUR OFFICE %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
|%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%|
======================Front Entrance=======================
OPTION 1
Run 25 pair cable from the furnace room to the server room. This is
probably the easiest option. It would be a simple matter to punch down the
pairs to the unpopulated row of terminals on my 66 blocks in the furnace
room and punch the other ends down to 66 or 110 blocks in my server room.
In that scenario service could exist simultaneously at both locations until
cut-over, which is a must-have. What I don't like about this is it creates
another set of termination points, meaning another potential point of
failure.
OPTION 2
Run new 25 pair cables from the building demarc to the server room. I like
the single unbroken run provided in this scenario. But since service must
be maintained to the old system until cut-over, this would mean I'd have to
keep the existing runs from the building demarc to the furnace room, at
least until the cut-over, or I'd have to run feeder cables from the server
room back to the furnace room. That seems like a big waste.
MOVING THE ALARM
Our alarm system base communicates wirelessly with its sensors around the
building and with the alarm keypad. Its current location is in the furnace
room, and the alarm keypad is located at the employee entrance. This
arrangement is less than optimal for two reasons: 1) There's a large amount
of metal ductwork all around the furnace room, and 2) the furnace room is
located on the edge of the building; not central at all. In fact we have
occasional trouble with the system because certain sensors will fail to
check in with the base, and we think it's because of the distance from the
base and the lack of a clear signal path to it. Moving the alarm system to
the server room should improve the operation of the system because there are
fewer major obstructions to signal, and it's more centrally located. At
least, that's my theory. Of course the alarm requires direct access to a
copper line, which will exist in the server room, either by moving the
office demarc or by runing feeder cables from the existing office demarc.
That's about it...I'm looking for comments and suggestions on how others
would approach this, and whether I've attached proper importance to some of
my goals. I just want to do what makes the most sense in the long run while
still being viable & practical in the short term.
Thanks in advance,
BJ
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| Can't map local drives in VPN session Frankster 18:32:17 |
| | I can VPN in using the MS PPTP client to my W2K3 server (RRAS). I can map to
the PPTP server's shares, no problem. But I cannot map drives from other
machines on my LAN.
My PPTP ipconfig shows all is good I think...
Internal LAN address assigned via DHCP
Internal LAN dns servers assigned via DHCP
I can ping all machines on my LAN by Netbios name as well as FQDN (both
internal and external (web)) I am in an AD environment.
But when I attempt to map a local LAN drive from a machine other than the
PPTP server itself, I get a "network path not found" error.
What do I need to do to fix this?
-Frank
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| Plywood - Aesthetics and Function Bj 17:05:30 |
| | If you've read my post about moving copper service, you know I'm going to
have copper phone lines and T1 PRI service added to my server room. I could
slap any old piece of plywood on the wall behind my rack for mounting the
blocks, media converters, etc, but my boss places a high value on making
things look nice, and so do I. So I'd like my li'l piece of wood on the
wall to be not only functional, but look really classy (or at least not be
an eyesore).
What are my choices? Should I just spray a piece of 3/4" plywood with
black paint? White paint? Does it need to be fire-retardant? Should a
piece of plywood mount a certain distance from cieling/floor/rack/anything
like that? Are there guidelines for size? Could we build a simple hinged
cover for it for looks (open on the top, bottom, and sides)? Should we?
Or better yet, are there products designed to hide plywood-mounted stuff or
make the whole thing look pretty?
Thanks,
BJ
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| Problems with I2050 an message "forwarding ..." Ingo2812 12:40:44 |
| | Hi everybody,
I have trouble with my I2050 from Nortel. After starting the software
it says "Forwarding ..." and nothing happens.
- Shutting down QOS Service and restarting does not help.
- Reinstalling QOS does not help.
- I tried some settings with the network adapter --> no luck
In some likely cases it works, but only 1 out of 30.
This is what the phone log shows:
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Filename: 2006Aug10.log
Description: Nortel Networks i2050 SoftPhone journal file.
Creation Date: 2006-08-10, 10:03:22
i2050 Version: 1.4.0 Build 385 (22 Oct 2004 15:44)
Data Format: <event-time (hh:mm:ss:ms)> | <event description>
*****************************************************************
10:03:22:079 | [audioSoftPhone] Load Devices Device
10:03:22:079 | [audioSoftPhone] Connect Filter
10:03:22:079 | [audioSoftPhone] Graph Trace: Softphone RTP Filter -->
WaveOut
10:03:22:079 | [audioSoftPhone] Graph Trace: WaveIn --> Softphone RTP
Filter --> WaveOut
10:03:22:079 | [audioSoftPhone] Graph Trace: Softphone RTP Filter -->
Softphone Record Filter
10:03:22:079 | [audioSoftPhone] Graph Trace: Softphone Dummy Filter -->
WaveOut 0001
10:03:22:329 | [audioSoftPhone] Audio Stream Stopped
10:03:22:329 | [audioSoftPhone] Audio Stream Stopped
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Resume Connection With
Server
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9e0308
10:03:22:329 | [audioSoftPhone] Audio Stream Stopped
10:03:22:329 | [audioSoftPhone] Audio Stream Stopped
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Resume Connection With
Server
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9e0308
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a040108
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Basic Manager
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Hardware ID
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message:
9a0d0731380015580972d06600
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a070700000001
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Assign Terminal ID
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e041501
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: QoS Configuration2
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e0512003c
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Reset Watchdog
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a040102
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Basic Manager
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Basic Manager Options
Report
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9a040102
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a030c
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Unistim Version
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Unistim Version Report
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9a050c0206
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a040110
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Basic Manager
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Outgoing message: IT Type
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9a040320
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a040104
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Basic Manager
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Firmware Version
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message:
9a0a0231343030333835
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e051500a0
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: QoS Configuration2
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f13ff
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f40ff
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f8020
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 19050f1f00
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Icon Update
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f20ff
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
17101902436f6e6e6563742053766320
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17041087
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e040d0e
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Network
Configuration Element
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f13ff
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f40ff
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f8020
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 19050f1f00
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Icon Update
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f20ff
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
17101902436f6e6e6563742053766320
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d19040052657472696576696e6720544e2e2e2e2020202020202020
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d190420202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17041087
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Network Configuration
Element Report
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message:
9e0c0b0ebb00039542420000
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d1904004e6f64653a20335f5f5f2020202020202020202020202020
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d190420544e3a203134382e305f2e305f2e32322020202020202020
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
170b190820204f4b202020
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
170b1928424b5370616365
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
170b194820436c65617220
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
170b19682043616e63656c
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17041086
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:03:22:329 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 170610810430
10:03:22:329 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d190400466f7277617264696e672e2e2e2020202020202020202020
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d190420202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f4001
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f4002
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f4004
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f4008
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17041087
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
1e0d0b021c8401000091e44bdb
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Download Server
Information
10:03:26:360 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e041802
10:03:26:360 | [Translator] Incoming message: Special Server Switch
10:04:22:485 | [ITNetworkManager] Watchdog timed out. Rebooting.
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Load Devices Device
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Connect Filter
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Graph Trace: Softphone RTP Filter -->
WaveOut
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Graph Trace: WaveIn --> Softphone RTP
Filter --> WaveOut
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Graph Trace: Softphone RTP Filter -->
Softphone Record Filter
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Graph Trace: Softphone Dummy Filter -->
WaveOut 0001
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Audio Stream Stopped
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Audio Stream Stopped
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Resume Connection With
Server
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9e0308
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Audio Stream Stopped
10:08:08:673 | [audioSoftPhone] Audio Stream Stopped
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Resume Connection With
Server
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9e0308
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a040108
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Basic Manager
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Hardware ID
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message:
9a0d0731380015580972d06600
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a070700000001
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Assign Terminal ID
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e041501
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: QoS Configuration2
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e0512003c
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Reset Watchdog
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a040102
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Basic Manager
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Basic Manager Options
Report
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9a040102
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a030c
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Unistim Version
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Unistim Version Report
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9a050c0206
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a040110
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Basic Manager
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Outgoing message: IT Type
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message: 9a040320
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1a040104
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Basic Manager
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Firmware Version
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message:
9a0a0231343030333835
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e051500a0
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: QoS Configuration2
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f13ff
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f40ff
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f8020
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 19050f1f00
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Icon Update
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f20ff
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
17101902436f6e6e6563742053766320
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17041087
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e040d0e
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Query Network
Configuration Element
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f13ff
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f40ff
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f8020
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 19050f1f00
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Icon Update
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f20ff
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
17101902436f6e6e6563742053766320
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d19040052657472696576696e6720544e2e2e2e2020202020202020
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d190420202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17041087
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Outgoing message: Network Configuration
Element Report
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Outgoing message:
9e0c0b0ebb00039542420000
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d1904004e6f64653a20335f5f5f2020202020202020202020202020
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d190420544e3a203134382e305f2e305f2e32322020202020202020
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
170b190820204f4b202020
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
170b1928424b5370616365
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
170b194820436c65617220
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
170b19682043616e63656c
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17041086
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:08:08:673 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 170610810430
10:08:08:673 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d190400466f7277617264696e672e2e2e2020202020202020202020
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
171d190420202020202020202020202020202020202020202020202020
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Display Data Write
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f4001
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f4002
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f4004
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17050f4008
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Clear Field
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 17041087
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Cursor Control
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message:
1e0d0b021c8401000091e44bdb
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Download Server
Information
10:08:12:188 | [TransportAdapter] Incoming message: 1e041802
10:08:12:188 | [Translator] Incoming message: Special Server Switch
10:09:08:563 | [ITNetworkManager] Watchdog timed out. Rebooting.
Who has an idea? Help please.
Thnx.
Ingo
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