CCIE Quest

Recently, While searching on Cisco Unified Mobility Advantage (CUMA) and Cisco Unified Mobilitiy Client (CUMC) for my Apple iPhone, I came across a pretty comprehensive and detailed guide which covers setting up CUMA Server and integrating it during Post-install to many associated application servers e.g Microsoft Active Directory , Exchange Server , CUPS , CUCM , Cisco Unity Connection etc.Thought it might be useful to many of Blog readers as i have been asked few times for (more…)

If you have gone through all previous parts of this tutorial, you have  learned to configure CUCME for SIP trunk support to a VOIP SIP Internet Service Provider (ITSP) ,configuring  Inbound and outbound dial peers for call routing as well as configuring and supporting IP phones(e.g.CIPC).This is the last part of tutorial in which you will configure a SIP endpoint for same purpose.I will use (more…)

In previous tutorial GNS3:How to Setup CME SIP trunk to VOIP SIP Service Provider – Part 1, my focus was to register CUCME as a SIP User Agent Client(UAC) to a Internet Telephony Service Provider (ITSP). In this tutorial, I will show you the steps needed to setup CUCME for routing VOIP calls outbound as well as inbound call setup. This tutorial will also cover some of common mistakes and steps that cause VOIP calls to fail over the SIP trunk primarily the (more…)

This tutorial will be focused on configuring Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) VPN access using AnyConnect SSL VPN Client Software.The Cisco AnyConnect client is an SSL−based VPN client .

Cisco AnyConnect Client can be installed on a variety of operating systems, such as Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Linux (Multiple Distros) and MAC OS X.It can be installed manually on the remote PC by the system administrator.It can also be loaded onto t (more…)

In one of my previous tutorials, i had used Putty Connection Manager for Console Access which helps centralizing all your consoles into a single window with easy tabbing in between different router consoles. This tutorial shows yet another way of achieving same functionality.This time, i  will setup an Access Server/Console Server/Terminal Server, whatever you name it in order to access all lab devices from a single console.

Normally, people practicing for CCIE lab (more…)

In this tutorial, I will show you how you can setup your PuTTY Connection Manager (PuTTyCM) with GNS3. This will help you to manage all your cisco/network devices from single window. PuTTyCM is a great free utility that allows you manage PuTTY connections. It gives you the ability to create tabs and manage your connections in a much easier fashion.It gives you the power of (more…)