This post explains the interface numbering scheme used in Cisco 1800, Cisco 2800 and Cisco 3800 Series Routers. It also includes line numbering associated with async interfaces. Existing router platforms (earlier than Cisco 1800, Cisco 2800, and Cisco 3800) contain…
Adjust Administrative Distance for Route Selection in Cisco IOS Routers
Administrative distance is the feature that routers use in order to select the best path when there are two or more different routes to the same destination from two different routing protocols. Administrative distance defines the reliability of a routing…
Understanding Cisco Auto Archive Feature to Backup Configuration File
One of the most important tasks of a network administrator is to backup the network configuration files of every Cisco device periodically. This periodicity is dictated and established by the organization policies. Frequency could be every week, every fifteen days…
Configuring Cisco IOS to automatically save the running configuration to a tftp server on save
Cisco IOS has the ability to auto-save it’s configuration when you run the write memory command. Connect to the router using Putty or some terminal program enable configure terminal archive path tftp://192.168.0.2/sw2960/sw2960.cfg write-memory exit exit In this example, we’ve configured…
Implementing Data Services in Microsoft Azure by David Papkin
This post by David Papkin about Implementing Data Services in Microsoft Azure. Microsoft® Azure™ includes a range of services that you can use to manage data. In particular, Microsoft Azure SQL Database provides a relational database management service based on…