30 Mar 2010

G.HSDSL Config through a Cisco 828 router

I'll copy this here for reference purposes. Used a few of these configs to connect one of my customers branch offices to their headquarters.

Be careful of the vpi/vci values which should be:
Point to point g.shdsl links: 0/35
Internet g.shdsl links: 8/35

!
controller DSL 0
mode atm
line-term cpe
line-mode 2-wire line-zero
dsl-mode shdsl symmetric annex B
line-rate auto
!

!
interface ATM0
no ip address
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
no atm ilmi-keepalive
!
interface ATM0.1 point-to-point
bandwidth 2048
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
pvc 8/35
pppoe-client dial-pool-number 1
!
!

!
interface Dialer0
mtu 1476
bandwidth 2048
ip address negotiated
ip nat outside
ip virtual-reassembly
encapsulation ppp
ip tcp header-compression iphc-format
ip tcp adjust-mss 800
load-interval 30
dialer pool 1
ppp authentication pap chap callin
ppp chap hostname user@isp
ppp chap password 0 123
ppp pap sent-username user@isp password 0 123
ppp ipcp dns request
ip rtp header-compression iphc-format
!

29 Mar 2010

Most useful Freeware/Shareware Windows Apps.

Firefox: THE browser of the Internet. Won't use anything else.
Total Commander, my choice of File Manager since, forever.
CDBurnerXP: Very nice CD/DVD/BlueRay, Data/Audio burner. Freeware.
SysInternals: Indispensable system tools.
Media Player Classic: With a few codecs, it's all you need to play your videos.
Winamp: Essential audio player for me.
TrueCrypt, an essential encryption suite.
BitComet, my choice of torrent client.
Foxit, a freeware PDF Reader. It's light-weight and fast, why use bloated Adobe apps?
Daemon Tools Lite, mount cd/dvd images

24 Mar 2010

Win7 Tips&Tricks, Useful Applications

* Shortcuts: Master List of Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts (Mar 09)
* Take ownership and delete files/folders for good!
For Files:
takeown /f file_name /d y
icacls file_name /grant administrators:F

For Directories (will perform action recursively):
takeown /f directory_name /r /d y
icacls directory_name /grant administrators:F /t

* Turn off Driver Signing
bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS
bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

* Turn off Hibernation
powercfg -h off

* Classic Start Menu and Explorer
Classic Shell, now this is very cool, I had enough of the new featureLESS Start menu and awkward Explorer

19 Mar 2010

CCNP at last!

Hooray!! Just became CCNP certified today.

Now it's onto my ultimate goal, CCIE Routing & Switching. Must start planning right away ;-)