Monthly Archives: April 2012

Cisco router configuration for O2 broadband connections

I’ve been asked to provide a basic config for a Cisco router (800 series) for use with an O2 broadband account. Initially these accounts were supplied using PPPoE, however, they are now supplied as PPPoA. I’ll just be providing the … Continue reading

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Cisco ASA – Adding a 3rd Party (Geotrust) SSL Certificate

Well the SECURE exam went well so now its straight on to the VPN exam. The content is almost all about SSL VPN. We have a few customers using it, but this seems like a chance to really get into … Continue reading

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BT FTTC (Infinity) Cisco Router Configuration

With FTTC spreading out across the UK like a very slow moving thing, its time to brush up on the PPPoE setup on our Cisco routers. BT Wholesale provide a fairly nasty VDSL modem as part of the installation for … Continue reading

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Cisco Zone Based Firewall setup

Another learning block in the 642-637 exam and more being dragged into the 21st century kicking and screaming! No more CBAC, its all zone based now, and with added MQC configuration style. Heres a few rules to start us off: … Continue reading

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Cisco GET VPN Tests

Well on the 642-637 syllabus the GET (Group Encrypted Transport) VPN seems like a pretty important part, so I’ll be creating a test network with my 3 Cisco 1811 routers. The GET VPN seems to provide a pretty nice encryption … Continue reading

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Cisco Site-to-Site VPN using Tunnel Interfaces

Well its time for me to sit my Cisco security exams again. My CCSP was superseded by the CCNP-Security so I’m on the case to regain past glory(!?). Anyway, the script is that you need the CCNA Security too which … Continue reading

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