[c-nsp] Route redistribution and selection

2009-08-13 Thread Joe Maimon
We are having a problem where routes originated by the customer because of their backup paths are preventing the mpls bgp routes from being installed and used on the PE. Customer has an eigrp routed network. We are hosting a bgp mpls network for the customer. At the Customer's HQ PE router,

[c-nsp] SHDSL Wic in a 1751-1 CPE

2009-08-13 Thread Joe Maimon
I am testing a turnkey CPE solution combining T1, SDSL, ADSL and PRI handoff to customer PBX, with the 1751 transcoding SIP to PRI channels. A CPE I am testing with a WIC-1SHDSL-V2 doesnt seem to be training properly. The controller continues to report DSL firmware download in progress,

[c-nsp] OT: Internet Web Caching Solution

2009-08-13 Thread Felix Nkansah
Hi, I am looking for a web caching and acceleration platform. The Cisco Cache Engines were replaced by the Content Engines which has also been replaced with the WAE running ACNS software. The datasheets on ACNS seem to imply caching and acceleration of multimedia traffic between branch offices

Re: [c-nsp] Route redistribution and selection

2009-08-13 Thread Luan Nguyen
You might want to check this link out: http://wiki.nil.com/Multihomed_MPLS_VPN_sites_running_EIGRP Regards, --- Luan Nguyen Chesapeake NetCraftsmen, LLC. http://www.netcraftsmen.net -- -Original Message- From:

Re: [c-nsp] IOS Recommendation | 7600/RSP720-3CXL

2009-08-13 Thread Joe Maimon
Raymond, Steven wrote: Have found the least bugs in SRD1, but non-cisco bgp neighbors sometimes require the use of hidden command neighbor x.x.x.x dont-capability-negotiate or the session won't restore. I recall being on the other end of that one. Good tip.

[c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread M Callahan
We're currently using a very dated version of Cisco's Secure ACS to authenticate a relatively small group of PPPoE ADSL users. We have a planned hardware upgrade for this system, but no funding for updated ACS software. That said, I was wondering what open source alternatives folks on the list

[c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit (BTK), IOS Software Download Planner, etc...

2009-08-13 Thread Rodney Dunn
I got involved through a few channels and encouraged the teams responsible for some of the Cisco.com Support tools to leverage this forum directly for feedback. They were very interested in the idea. Can those of you that care enough to give direct feedback based on the past threads around

Re: [c-nsp] OT: Internet Web Caching Solution

2009-08-13 Thread Luan Nguyen
WAAS and ACNS are two different animals. WAAS is double-ended (there has to be a device at both ends) and ACNS is single-ended, acting as a caching device (though it can have information pushed to it from a central manager). Typically - WAAS between remote site and central site; ACNS between

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Phil Mayers
M Callahan wrote: We're currently using a very dated version of Cisco's Secure ACS to authenticate a relatively small group of PPPoE ADSL users. We have a planned hardware upgrade for this system, but no funding for updated ACS software. That said, I was wondering what open source alternatives

Re: [c-nsp] OT: Internet Web Caching Solution

2009-08-13 Thread Felix Nkansah
Hi Shiran, I must say that I am NOT looking for a WAN optimization tool. I want an Internet web proxy, caching and acceleration appliance. Is that also covered by Expand Networks? Many Thanks. On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:10 PM, shiran guez shira...@gmail.com wrote: I can suggest a better

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Scott Keoseyan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 http://freeradius.org/ Scott On Aug 13, 2009, at 9:46 AM, M Callahan wrote: We're currently using a very dated version of Cisco's Secure ACS to authenticate a relatively small group of PPPoE ADSL users. We have a planned hardware upgrade for

Re: [c-nsp] OT: Internet Web Caching Solution

2009-08-13 Thread John P. Schneider
http://www.peerapp.com/ Regards, John -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Felix Nkansah Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:41 AM To: Cisco certification; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: [c-nsp] OT:

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Kaegler, Mike
Assuming you're using TACACS+ to handle this, since radius servers are everywhere... I've been using tac_plus from http://www.pro-bono-publico.de/projects/tac_plus.html (there appear to be several projects named tac_plus, this was the first one to work well for me.) As an added bonus, the author

[c-nsp] Event Manager question

2009-08-13 Thread Manaf Al Oqlah
Hi all, Can I configure event manager to be started when it gets notification from another router. for example, I want router1 to be configured with policy based routing on a specific interface once the bgp peer on router2 is down. I don't want to permanently configure the PBR since it is

Re: [c-nsp] Route redistribution and selection

2009-08-13 Thread Ivan Pepelnjak
@Luan: Thanks for the link :)) @Joe: if you have EBGP sessions with the core MPLS VPN network, you're losing the BGP cost community (resulting in the EIGRP-related redistribution issues). It might be possible to tweak the WEIGHT attribute on the PE routers (the routes redistributed into BGP have

Re: [c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit (BTK), IOS Software Download Planner, etc...

2009-08-13 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Aug 13, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Rodney Dunn wrote: They are eager to listen so now is a good time to get involved. Let's all keep in mind that *constructive, actionable, specific* feedback is what's needed, and is what will have an impact.

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Scott McGrath
Radiator RADIUS server. There are multiple versions of this software and support is available for a reasonable fee runs on Windows/Solaris/Linux Www open com au -Original Message- From: Phil Mayers p.may...@imperial.ac.uk Subj: Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's

[c-nsp] STM-1 over Ethernet

2009-08-13 Thread MKS
Hi list I know that this is a bit off topic, but can you know of any cheap devices that can emulate STM-1 over ethernet (or mpls)? or a cheap box that can do ATMoMPLS Thanks in advance MKS ___ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net

Re: [c-nsp] Route redistribution and selection

2009-08-13 Thread Joe Maimon
Quite gorgeous. Lots to think about. Thanks, Joe Ivan Pepelnjak wrote: @Luan: Thanks for the link :)) @Joe: if you have EBGP sessions with the core MPLS VPN network, you're losing the BGP cost community (resulting in the EIGRP-related redistribution issues). It might be possible to tweak the

Re: [c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit (BTK), IOS Software Download Planner, etc...

2009-08-13 Thread Tony Varriale
Hey, you don't work at Cisco anymore! :) tv - Original Message - From: Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net To: Cisco-nsp cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit (BTK),IOS Software Download Planner, etc... On Aug

Re: [c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit (BTK), IOS Software Download Planner, etc...

2009-08-13 Thread Tony Varriale
Rodney, Do you have an official list of items/tools that feedback can be provided on? Or, should we ping Wilson? tv - Original Message - From: Rodney Dunn rod...@cisco.com To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:01 AM Subject: [c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit

Re: [c-nsp] OT: Internet Web Caching Solution

2009-08-13 Thread Erik Soosalu
Squid on a Linux/FreeBSD box McAfee WebGateway (can be bought as an appliance) ISA on Windows Untangle Pretty much any Web filtering package runs on a proxy/cache or includes one. I've run the first three with user loads in 300-400 range with no issues. Thanks, Erik -Original Message-

[c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

2009-08-13 Thread Ash Net
Hello, We have recently deployed N7k's in our DC and want to enable monitoring on them. The current ESM systems in Place are HPOV and Concord ehealth. I'd like to get feedback on whether anybody has had experience with Monitoring the 7K chassis with either of the above ESM solutions and/or are

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi, Radiator RADIUS server. There are multiple versions of this software and support is available for a reasonable fee runs on Windows/Solaris/Linux with fear of pouring petrol onto a RADIUS flamewar I'd say if the original post aint got funding for ACS then free open source is pushing the

Re: [c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

2009-08-13 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:07 AM, Ash Net wrote: We have recently deployed N7k's in our DC and want to enable monitoring on them. N7Ks have a dedicated management processor; they also have a management software system which I believe ships with every N7K. They also output operationally

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi, I've been using tac_plus from http://www.pro-bono-publico.de/projects/tac_plus.html (there appear to be several projects named tac_plus, this was the first one to work well for me.) As an added bonus, the author was happy and eager to help squash a bug I ran into. It'll backend to ldap,

[c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Graham Wooden
Hi there, I have a customer hanging off of my edge router (6509/Sup32/12.2.33SXI), doing a Point-to-Point wireless shot from the DC to another site. On myside, it's a L3 VLAN doing a /30 to a smaller Cisco router on the other end. I am then statically routing some additional subnets to the

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Jon Lewis
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Alan Buxey wrote: Hi, Radiator RADIUS server. There are multiple versions of this software and support is available for a reasonable fee runs on Windows/Solaris/Linux with fear of pouring petrol onto a RADIUS flamewar I'd say if the original post aint got funding for

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Scott McGrath
Not so much - we use ACS for TACACS services and proxy the TACACS via RADIUS for some application but Cisco ACS is now an appliance and on the close order of 8K + SmartNet so you are looking at 20K $US for a new solution. RADIATOR is open-source but not 'free' it has 200+ authenticators and

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Alan Buxey
Hi, Nothing wrong with FreeRADIUS it's just you need to 'roll your own' for a lot of stuff, If your time is worth nothing or it's a hobby or experimental setup FreeRADIUS may be the better choice. But if you want someting with AD, LDAP, Kerberos, Unix, NTLM, SQL etc built in and

Re: [c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit (BTK), IOS Software Download Planner, etc...

2009-08-13 Thread Rodney Dunn
But he can still care (TM). ;) Tony Varriale wrote: Hey, you don't work at Cisco anymore! :) tv - Original Message - From: Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net To: Cisco-nsp cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:52 AM Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit

Re: [c-nsp] Feedback on Bug Toolkit (BTK), IOS Software Download Planner, etc...

2009-08-13 Thread Rodney Dunn
I'm getting that for clarity. I'll respond back. Tony Varriale wrote: Rodney, Do you have an official list of items/tools that feedback can be provided on? Or, should we ping Wilson? tv - Original Message - From: Rodney Dunn rod...@cisco.com To: cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Sent:

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Ge Moua
Yep, RADIATOR is great; we use it over here :-) Regards, Ge Moua | Email: moua0...@umn.edu Network Design Engineer University of Minnesota | Networking Telecommunications Services Scott McGrath wrote: Not so much - we use ACS for TACACS services and proxy the TACACS via RADIUS for some

Re: [c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Rodney Dunn
I can't follow the problem. The router should try to defend the mac address it owns but if another device simply takes over for it the only way to resolve that is fix that device. How exactly is it taking over? What is the topo (ascii diagram would work). Rodney Graham Wooden wrote: Hi

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Matthew Huff
Not so much - we use ACS for TACACS services and proxy the TACACS via RADIUS for some application but Cisco ACS is now an appliance and on the close order of 8K + SmartNet so you are looking at 20K $US for a new solution. The newer version 5.0 of ACS is available only as an appliance, but

Re: [c-nsp] Event Manager question

2009-08-13 Thread Ivan Pepelnjak
Absolutely, with EEM 3.0 an applet can be triggered with an SNMP trap or inform. The details are here (although the article describes a slightly different task): http://wiki.nil.com/Trigger_EEM_applets_with_SNMP_Informs However, are you absolutely positive there is no other way to get what you

Re: [c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Jeff Fitzwater
It's interesting to note that this occurs at about the default ARP timeout of 1800 seconds (Is that what the router is configured for?). That implies that when the arp times out and the router arps for the other end, it get an ARP REPLY from the wireless device. Is that what you are

Re: [c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Graham Wooden
Yeah, kinda messy - sorry about that. It's taking over as when I do a sh arp ip, instead of seeing the far end router's MAC for the other end of the /30, I see the radio's. c6509/sup32 - radio radio - c2621 Between the c6509 and c2621 is a routable /30. I should note

Re: [c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Graham Wooden
I say 30 minutes ... But I just had it occur on less than 5 minutes from having the far end router and radio rebooted. And apparently my attempt to hardcode the MAC addresses on both ends didn't fix it. I am going to start blaming the radios I think ... On 8/13/09 2:55 PM, Jeff Fitzwater

Re: [c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Rodney Dunn
Graham Wooden wrote: Yeah, kinda messy - sorry about that. It's taking over as when I do a sh arp ip, instead of seeing the far end router's MAC for the other end of the /30, I see the radio's. c6509/sup32 - radio radio - c2621 Between the c6509 and c2621 is a

Re: [c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

2009-08-13 Thread Ash Net
Yep, we know that already. I'm finding that there isn't a lot of management systems (OV/Concord atleast) that can natively monitor the 7k's since they haven't certified the platform yet. Wondering how people are monitoring elements such as CPU Health, intf utilization, topology change event traps

Re: [c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Jeff Fitzwater
IF you hardcoded the ARP in both routers, then they should never change. So what exactly breaks? Can you ping the other router? What is the other routers ARP entry and visa versa? They better be the ones you put in. Jeff On Aug 13, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Graham Wooden wrote: I say 30

Re: [c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

2009-08-13 Thread Gamino, Rogelio (OCTO-Contractor)
Cisco DCNM might give you the info you are looking for. -Original Message- From: cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-boun...@puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Ash Net Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 5:01 PM To: Roland Dobbins; Cisco-nsp Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Monitoring

Re: [c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

2009-08-13 Thread Ryan Hughes
From what I've seen on much of the new DC equipment, Cisco focused more on XML than SNMP for the monitoring hook into the Nexus gear. I know many of the features you're asking for were bolted on per customer requests but I haven't seen any specific templates out there around this. I'd be

Re: [c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Rodney Dunn
I've seen some funky things like this before, ie: with cable modems that are supposed to be L1 only transparent but monkey up the stack. If he hardcoded the mac's the adj should never change for CEF. Verify it with 'sh adj detail' and sh ip arp. Rodney Jeff Fitzwater wrote: IF you

Re: [c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

2009-08-13 Thread Justin C. Darby
We use DCNM for real-time monitoring here (e.g. we use it to troubleshoot issues as they arise) - works great for this purpose, though in my opinion the configuration interface is a little over-complicated compared to just using the CLI, which is a bad sign. :) The XML interface is very, very

Re: [c-nsp] Event Manager question

2009-08-13 Thread Manaf Al Oqlah
Hello Ivan, Thank you for your response. In my design, I am load sharing the traffic by multihomed BGP with two ISPs through two local 7600 routers. To avoid any single point of failure, we have a backup link for each ISP connected to each local router. as below: Router1 connected with

[c-nsp] best PE-CE protocol

2009-08-13 Thread Christopher Hunt
Given a customer with a 10mbps fiber connection into PE1 on a L3 MPLS VPN and also a backup ADSL link to PE2 on the same provider's L3 MPLS VPN, what is the best PE-CE protocol to use? I assume we could run eBGP over both links and weight them from the provider's end, as well as the customer end.

[c-nsp] Cisco 2960 12.2(50)SE3 - MAC ACL Deny Statement Allowing DHCP Traffic Through?

2009-08-13 Thread Spencer Barnes
Hello, I have a Cisco 2960 running 12.2(50)SE3 (c2960-lanbasek9-mz.122-50.SE3.bin). Interface FA0/1 is an uplink to the main network/DHCP server and has no restrictions. FA0/19 is connected to a switch and that switch has a variety of wireless access points. I want to restrict inbound

Re: [c-nsp] Bridge devices - ARP takeover

2009-08-13 Thread Graham Wooden
I know - the whole thing is bizarre. I was able to get access to that remote C2621, and noticed that ip proxy-arp was disabled. I enabled to to match my interface on the 6500. It's been up for close to an hour now with no issues (hopefully I just didn't jinx myself). I removed the hardcoded

[c-nsp] How to enable ssh o telnet via outside interface ASA

2009-08-13 Thread Jorge Evangelista
Hi folks I want to configure my ASA for remote access via outside however it configuration do not work, IP are fake for reasons security. My configuration is In the outside interface I have interface Vlan2 nameif outside security-level 1 ip address 200.10.45.98 255.255.255.240 telnet

[c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Rick Kunkel
Hello all, I've got a problem that I unfortunately don't know a heck of a lot about, which I understand makes answering this question difficult. But I thought I'd pick people's brains in the hopes of at least getting pointed in the right direction. Here's the deal. I run EIGRP for the

Re: [c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Jared Mauch
Your tcam is full. It may not log that, you likely need 12.2sxe or sxf to see the logs on sup2. Cut down the number of routes you listen to from your upstreams, having them send you just their customer routes and use default for the rest. In sup720 and sup1a when the tcam is full it would

Re: [c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Aug 14, 2009, at 8:31 AM, Jared Mauch wrote: Not sure on sup2 but I presume it's the same. Yes, it is. Whether or not one sees log messages depends upon one's logging level (I think 3 or above should see it). sh fm sum will show if ACLs are being processed in software due to the

Re: [c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Jon Lewis
On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Jared Mauch wrote: Your tcam is full. It may not log that, you likely need 12.2sxe or sxf to see the logs on sup2. Cut down the number of routes you listen to from your upstreams, having them send you just their customer routes and use default for the rest. In sup720

Re: [c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

2009-08-13 Thread Ash Net
Thanks All for the feedback. The only issue with DCNM deployment is its a new tool and there will be a learning curve for the ops team plus will take time to customize the interfaces. We were mainly hoping to get 6K level of monitoring in place for the 7K as well since SNMP is much more prevalent

Re: [c-nsp] best PE-CE protocol

2009-08-13 Thread William McCall
What kind of boxes are you using for PE? How many VRFs do you have on the box? What code is running? There are limits to the number of OSPF processes (at least on some platforms and code), so I tend to prefer eBGP, but OSPF has its obvious advantages. --William McCall On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at

Re: [c-nsp] Monitoring Nexus 7000 platform

2009-08-13 Thread Lincoln Dale
hi Ash, On 14/08/2009, at 7:01 AM, Ash Net wrote: Yep, we know that already. I'm finding that there isn't a lot of management systems (OV/Concord atleast) that can natively monitor the 7k's since they haven't certified the platform yet. actually, there is quite a lot of management partners

Re: [c-nsp] Open Source Substitute for Cisco's Secure ACS?

2009-08-13 Thread Stephen Fulton
For PPPoE, FreeRADIUS is very worthwhile. The options the software provides on on-par with the best commercial RADIUS software. The downside? It is not GUI based (though you can write your own and link it to SQL/LDAP/etc, we have and I suspect most ISP's do) and also, it does involve a

Re: [c-nsp] OT:SUSHI REGISTER RESET ERROR

2009-08-13 Thread e ninja
Jack, Several things can lead to the symptoms you describe. That is why it is important you shed further light on the events that led to the problem. (i.e what changed? Is this a lab or production device? sh captures? IOS version??? etc) When posting to public fora, it is always a good idea to

Re: [c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Rick Kunkel
Thanks for the input all. It appears unanimous: My TCAM is stuffed. I'm a little baffled by the EIGRP aspect (which I don't think anyone addressed), but it makes sense that it would all be using the same resources. Is there not a simple command to show the used capacity of the TCAM?

Re: [c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Aug 14, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Rick Kunkel wrote: Is there not a simple command to show the used capacity of the TCAM? sh tcam ? --- Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net // http://www.arbornetworks.com Unfortunately,

Re: [c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Rick Kunkel
That all looks pretty good though, unless I'm missing something... UsedFreePercent Used Reserved Labels: 4 5080 ACL_TCAM Masks: 1040860

Re: [c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Rick Kunkel wrote: That all looks pretty good though, unless I'm missing something... Try sh mls cef maximum-routes sh platform hardware capacity pfc I can tell you that as the global table topped 256K entries long ago, you've been hurting for a while if

Re: [c-nsp] Funny (and hard to describe) AWOL routes

2009-08-13 Thread Roland Dobbins
On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:32 PM, Roland Dobbins wrote: Try sh mls cef maximum-routes sh platform hardware capacity pfc And sh mls cef su --- Roland Dobbins rdobb...@arbor.net // http://www.arbornetworks.com