Re: Tips to Managing a Cisco InterConnect

Remember the various configuration register commands and settings. The 0x2102 setting is the default on all Cisco routers and tells the router to look in NVRAM for the boot sequence. 0x2101 tells the router to boot from ROM, and 0x2142 tells the router to not load the startupconfig in NVRAM to provide password recovery. Remember how to back up an IOS image. By using the privileged-mode command copy flash tftp, you can back up a file from flash memory to a TFTP (network) server. Remember how to restore or upgrade an IOS image. By using the privileged-mode command copy tftp flash, you can restore or upgrade a file from a TFTP (network) server to flash memory. Remember what you must complete before you back up an IOS image to a network server. Make sure that you can access the network server, ensure that the network server has adequate space for the code image, and verify the file naming and path requirement. Remember how to save the configuration of a router. There are a couple of ways to do this, but the most common, as well as most tested, method is copy running-config startup-config. Remember how to erase the configuration of a router. Type the privileged-mode command erase startup-config and reload the router. Understand when to use CDP. Cisco Discovery Protocol can be used to help you document as well as troubleshoot your network. Remember what the output from the show cdp neighbors command shows. The show cdp neighbors command provides the following information: device ID, local interface, holdtime, capability, platform, and port ID (remote interface). Understand how to telnet into a router and keep your connection but return to your originating console. If you telnet to a router or switch, you can end the connection by typing exit at any time. However, if you want to keep your connection to a remote device but still come back to your original router console, you can press the Ctrl+Shift+6 key combination, release it, and then press X. Remember the command to verify your Telnet sessions. The command show sessions will provide you with information about all the sessions your router has with other routers.                                                       Remember how to build a static host table on a router. By using the global configuration command ip host host_name ip_address, you can build a static host table on your router. You can apply multiple IP addresses against the same host entry. Remember how to verify your host table on a router. You can verify the host table with the show hosts command. Understand when to use the ping command. Packet Internet Groper (Ping) uses ICMP echo request and ICMP echo replies to verify an active IP address on a network. Remember how to ping a valid host ID. You can ping an IP address from a router's user mode or privileged mode but not from configuration mode. You must ping a valid address, such as 1.1.1.1. --

Ubuntu Backtrack Sound Problems & alsa

Today We're going to configure a new Installation of Debian Dist of BackTrack Linux and its very likely you may have problems hearing audio .

main commands to look up on terminal
- alsamixer 

It so happens sometimes that there is sound but its volume is very low and you can not hear it . Thus type alsamixer in terminal to check if you have the right volume.

if in case this does not work open terminal and check for playback sound devices installed  . Use the command aplay -l and check for device lists.

if your devices are found you will see something similar to this
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC270 Analog [ALC270 Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

To Check Devices you may also use the following command 
 lspci -v
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
    Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device 1444
    Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
    Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
    I/O ports at 3000 [size=256]
    Memory at d0300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
    Memory at d0200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
    Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
    Capabilities: [a0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

N.B make sure you have alsa packages installed . You can install them in synaptic .

how to find Google IPV6 address with dnsdict6 tool

dnsdict6 -t 3 google.com
Starting enumerating google.com. - creating 3 threads for 798 words...
Estimated time to completion: 1 to 3 minutes

www.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1013
mail.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1015
ipv6.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1012
news.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
blog.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4001:c01::bf
web.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
video.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1005
wap.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
images.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1001
calendar.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
photo.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4001:c01::5b
download.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1014
enterprise.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
support.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
m.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4001:c01::c1
search.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
mars.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
sms.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
music.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
email.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
id.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:803::1018
docs.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1006
apps.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
earth.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
map.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1005
dl.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4001:c01::5b
moon.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
directory.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
photos.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4001:c01::5b
maps.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1005
downloads.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1014
research.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
code.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1009
ap.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1014
jobs.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1007
local.google.com. => 2a00:1450:4007:801::1005

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Google for Ethiopia .The right place & at the right time.

A recent study by Eurekalerts on developing countries shows the number of mobile phone users exceeds those who have access to sanitation services, toilets basically. Africa's very short history in technology,especially concerning mobile phones is just amazing. We are simply leapfrogging from NO technology to NEW technology , skipping everything else in between.so where does Google fit in?Well, basically anywhere there is a phone and a problem to be solved.

This is how I think Google will solve many of Africa's deep rooted problems .First is Google's immense computational power in digging up information . Second ,cloud computing with the App engine platform & third, with its highly popular android mobile platform .

The reason why I chose these platforms[Mobile Cloud] instead of Google's stand alone products such as Gmail is flexibility towards addressing the imminent problems we're faced with .
If we can automate bureaucratic Government systems, health care systems ,finance & education in perfect synchronization with these Google platforms ,we would end up solving ¾ the problems , provided that we boost up the optimism &  hard work.
As a paradigm , few developing countries have build a cloud based application for commodity exchange and make it available through phones to ordinary farmers,these people will clearly have an advantage on what to produce depending on the market demand and to sell it products at a modest price .

Snapshots from the first g|ethiopia meeting in Addis Ababa

Promoting Ethiopia through Online Tools

You are warmly welcome to attend an exciting interactive evening-event around the use of new media for cultural promotion, including presentations and panel-discussions by international and national experts and practitioners of different modern media formats.

 Agenda

"Social Media Marketing and Business - State of the Art": 
 
Geraldine De Bastion (newthinking communications, Berlin) 
 
“Online-PR in Ethiopia”
 
Markos Lemma, Bill Aberham, Chalita Kelbessa, Karen Obling
Panel-Discussion 
 
"Online Tools vs Offline Tools" 


Get Tickets here

Venue: Bole Rock, (Behind Ednamall) Addis Ababa
Date: March 5th 5-8 pm
Organizers:
Heinrich Boell Foundation (HBF) - The Reporter - ethiopian-blog.com - iceaddis
Please only register if you will be able to come. Your registration data will only be used by HBF for the organization of this event and to inform you of future similar activities.

Addis Ababa Institute of Technology on a Google Product.

The Addis Ababa Institute of Technology is now using Google Apps for Education . Initial deployment has began at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department[ Staff Only ] we're very optimist it will be rolled out to other departments and students in the near future. Google Apps Education Edition is free for educational institutions. In addition, we have add-on security and compliance software that can be purchased at a 66% educational discount.

Features Included in Google Apps for Education. 

	Gmail (Google's Email) 7.684392 GB / account New! Built-in IM, voice and video chat IMAP, POP Mobile access Spam and virus protection		Google Docs Word processing Spreadsheets Presentations Mobile access
	Google Calendar Multiple calendars Room / resource scheduling Mobile access		Google Sites Team website creation Embed videos, images, gadgets
	Google Talk Instant messaging Free calling (VOIP) / Voicemail box File transfer		API for Integration Single sign-on User and group provisioning and management Email migration Support of email gateway Email routing controls for dual delivery
	New! Google Video Securely share videos with your school Anyone can add comments, tags and ratings 3GB of Video storage per user Free to all users through March 8, 2009 ($10 per user, per year thereafter)		New! Google Labs Moderated questions Short link creation Tools for software code review
	Support 24/7 email and phone Solution partner for additional support and assistance. Top Ten Reasons why You should choose Google Apps