The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 supports a feature called link flap detect. This feature is designed to detect a port whose link is flapping up and down and potentially disable the port and/or issue an SNMP trap. The feature allows the … [Continue reading]
ERS 8600 Boot Configuration Sequence
The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 will automatically search for several boot configuration files as it boots up. It will look for several files in a specific order;/pcmcia/pcmboot.cfg /flash/boot.cfg /pcmcia/boot.cfgThe file … [Continue reading]
VoIP USB Adapter MagicJack
A few weeks ago a few friends approached me about Internet based VoIP solutions for their home phone. They were fed up with the $100.00+ phone bills and weren't really excited about giving any more money to the local cable television … [Continue reading]
Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 Log files
The Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 has multiple log files that can be examined for signs of a problem or during basic troubleshooting. The log files will be stored on the PCMCIA flash card or in memory if there is no flash card available. There … [Continue reading]
Motorola WS5100 & RFS7000 Dump prompt
I recently spent some time trying to figure out why there was an "*" (asterisk) in the CLI prompt on a Motorola RFS7000 that I had in our testlab. Jim (Motorola) explained that the Motorola WS5100 (v3.x) and the RFS7000 (v1.x) will place a "*" … [Continue reading]
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