One idea is really cool. Some HP routers contains USB port, but it is not only for flash memory It is possible to connect USB HSDPA modem for example. We get “cellular” interface in configuration and after clearing PIN on SIM-card and setting up dialer we have additional data trunk. Let’s say this is the best backup option on the market. Superb option for small oficess, home or backup for any office.

Simple and great idea.

1. incoming called-address

2. answer-address

3. destination-pattern

4. voice-port

In the case of some issues start debug remembering that it is enough for gateway to match one of those elements.

After a few doubts I think more and more it would be a very interesting future. Very interesting for IT market. Even more after aquisition of 3COM by HP.

Why? Well the truth is that HP with entire past portfolio wasn’t a comparable competitor to Cisco. At those times when big companies grow in many cases by merges and aquistions it looks normal procedure to be strong and valuable in specific market. Of course today, aquisition is not 100% sure, but as many I wonder what product from both sides will be developed and what not.

From my point of view I am most curios about IP telephony – will it go to develop 3COM solutions separately or will be merged to HP ONE? What will be better from switches, security and wireless. Colubris technology is really cool, security I don’t know a lot but opinions let’s me thing Tipping Point will be one of diamonds in the crown.

Big question is: product to be developed further will be chosen because of their advantages or there will be more inside “fight” to force products, not always the best.

Working a lot at voice field I have been passing voice exams with no problems and to make that all voice exams have sense I needed CCNA. Practice is not so bad as many people thinks, but all those details and exact numbers. Many questions was for me only possible to solve on logical thinking.

However I’m almost 100% involved in voice so it left me only QoS to become CCVP. It looks like I certify from the end to the begining.

I tried also 5GB hard drive with CF interface (is it Microdrive?) with Centos 5 and Asterisk for my VoIP. It died too.

It is better to separate home file server from home ip-pbx.

I visited freenas.org for curiosity and realised that there has been prepared FreeNAS distro for flash. Easy, friendly and works fine. It is perfect for small, quiet, home NAS. That e-pc can work only with 2 PATA drives and I use both one for 2.5″ 60GB drive and IDE-CF flash drive with FreeNAS.

If this configuration will be OK as home server I will try another useful ideas:

• system booted from USB – even version 1.1 will be enough
• another real hard disk – maybe 3.5″ 500MB or more – big question regarding generated noise
• print server – should be easy
• UPnP server for my Samsung DLNA compatible LCD TV

All that looks promising with read/write throughput between 48Mb/s and 64Mb/s on 100Mb/s LAN. In my opinion good enough for test before going to 1Gb LAN to transport HD movies.

Because of snow – fluff snow, I didn’t notice any difference to standard tires. The best control is during riding through frozen hard ice.

By the way I was not riding my treking bike by MTB – Radon ZR Team.

There came my mather-in-law with an idea finally with my parents and wife with help of my cousin who sells bikes I received not used but brand new trekking bike. Enough to ride to work and is not fancy.

Good final of the story after my bike was stolen is that my employer prepared one garage place for closed bike cage. Hurrray. Because there is many coleagues that ride bike to work, it made happy many of us.

In the half of them we met an issue. Conections wasn’t established properly. After searches solution was to reconfigure bri interfaces as below

isdn tei-negotiation first-call
isdn tei-negotiation power
isdn tei-negotiation powerup
isdn static-tei 0

Important: clear interface

All looks clear except new version contains Cisco Presence – new to me – never implemented, never supported – yet. Secondary I wonder how important is Exchange server during lab exam. I hope it is just a tool to check some functionalities.

!
fax receive called-subscriber $d$
fax interface-type fax-mail
mta send server 10.20.30.40 port 25
mta send subject UCC FAX from router -
mta send with-subject both
mta send filename fax_to_mail
mta send postmaster fax@dot.com
!
application
service onramp flash:app_faxmail_onramp.2.0.1.3.tcl
!
dial-peer voice 31 mmoip
service fax_on_vfc_onramp_app out-bound
destination-pattern 652
information-type fax
session target cto@dot.com
image encoding MMR
image resolution fine
!
dial-peer voice 32 pots
service onramp
incoming called-number 339657852
direct-inward-dial
port 0/0/0:15
!