Category Archives: Hardware

Configure IP Unnumbered on Cisco

On the test I will configure IP Unnumbered on Cisco Catalyst 6509E with firmware 12.2(33)SXJ7, on other switches the setup is similar.
IP Unnumbered is useful, for example, when it is necessary to divide a large network into several VLANs and use the same IP addresses and also to issue white IPs in any VLAN using one gateway.

Connect to the terminal device through the console, telnet or SSH.

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D-Link DSR-150 router firmware upgrade

To flash the D-Link DSR-150 router, take the following necessary steps in steps:

1) Let’s look at the revision on the label under the router and download the new firmware from it from the official site http://www.dlink.ru/ru/products/9/1697_d.html

Firmware router not under the revision can lead to its failure.

2) Open the settings of the router by typing in the browser the address http://192.168.1.1 (maybe 192.168.0.1) and enter the standard login – admin, the password – admin.

3) In the opened interface at the top, open the “Tools” tab, on the left, select “Firmware“. On the page that opens, the current firmware version will be displayed, if it is older than the downloaded one, then click “Browse” and select the previously downloaded firmware file, then click “Upgrade” to start the process updates.

Wait until the update is complete, usually 2-5 minutes. At the end, the router will reboot.

Is done.

Installing UNMS (Ubiquiti Network Management System)

UNMS (Ubiquiti Network Management System) – EdgeMAX®, EdgeSwitch®, airMAX®, UFiber device management system, which includes software updates, configuration backup, real-time performance graphs, notifications, device location maps, etc.

For example, I will install UNMS on Ubuntu Server 18.04 64bit.

First, install the necessary components:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install curl sudo bash netcat

Download the installation script from the official site to the temporary directory:

curl -fsSL https://unms.com/install > /tmp/unms_inst.sh

Run the downloaded script:

sudo bash /tmp/unms_inst.sh

If it is necessary to change the web ports during the installation:

sudo bash /tmp/unms_inst.sh --http-port 8080 --https-port 8443

By default, UNMS uses Let’s Encrypt when creating SSL certificates for your domain and saves them in /home/unms/data/cert/live.
If you want to use your SSL certificates, then during installation, for example, we specify (UNMS should have read rights in ssl-cert-dir):

sudo bash /tmp/unms_inst.sh --http-port 8080 --https-port 8443 --ssl-cert-dir /etc/certificates --ssl-cert fullchain.pem --ssl-cert-key privkey.pem

Configure Loop Protect in RouterOS (MikroTik)

Finally, starting with the version of RouterOS v6.37 and higher, protection against loops has appeared.
Loop Protect can be enabled on ethernet, vlan, eoip, eoipv6 interfaces.
Via WEB and Winbox on the interface settings page, opening the Interfaces menu.

Through the CLI, you need to go to the required submenu:

/interface ethernet
/interface vlan
/interface eoip
/interface eoipv6

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HP LaserJet P2055dn Firmware Update

I noticed once that the HP LaserJet P2055dn printer began to print for a long time, there were long pauses between printing, while there were no problems with the network and the size of the printed files was small.

Going to the IP-address through the browser in the printer’s web interface in the menu “Status” – “Device Configuration” you can see the version of the current firmware (firmware), it should be older than the downloaded one.

Let’s download the new firmware from the official site
https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/HP-LaserJet-P2000-Printer-series/3662052/model/3662058

Run the downloaded file, select the printer in the window that opens (it should be turned on) and click “Send Firmware” to start the firmware update process. Wait for the firmware update to complete.

This completes the update process. By the way, after the update, the problem with the delay in printing disappeared.

Back Up Cisco Catalyst 6500 Configuration

For the test, I sketched a Cisco Catalyst 6509-E automatic backup configuration script.

Actually the script itself:

#!/bin/bash
# Backup CISCO config
(
sleep 5
echo "user"
sleep 4
echo "password"
sleep 4
echo "copy running-config tftp:"
sleep 2
echo "192.168.1.4"
sleep 2
echo "cisco.cfg"
sleep 6

echo "exit"
) | telnet 192.168.1.5
mv /srv/tftp/cisco.cfg /backups/devices/cisco/`date +%Y-%m-%d`_cisco.cfg

find /backups/devices/cisco/ -type f -mtime +30 -exec rm {} \;

Add the contents of the script, for example, to the backup_cisco.sh file and add it to cron, adding the following line to the /etc/crontab file:

0 2 * * * root /backups/scripts/backup_cisco.sh > /dev/null 2>&1

The file can be opened for example in the text editor nano (Ctrl+X to exit, y/n to save or cancel changes):

sudo nano /etc/crontab

The script connects via telnet to 192.168.1.5 and copies the configuration to the tftp server 192.168.1.4, then the file is moved to a convenient directory for storage.
The last line in the script deletes files older than 30 days.
How to start the tftp server, see my articles: Installing and Configuring a TFTP Server in Ubuntu or Starting a TFTP server in Windows.
See also: Using and configuring CRON.