...but not entirely. Turns out the 180 day waiting period for tests is only if you pass. That makes more sense as the only good reason you'd have for going back right away is to braindump. Ok, so maybe I jumped the gun a bit. Still,…
I certainly hope this isn't the case. If it turns out to be wrong I'll post an apology. However, in a recent post on CiscoBlog there's a troubling comment. The post itself shows how silly Cisco can be about certain things.…
I think I'm finally going to work on this test. I've discovered that I can re-cert my CCNP by passing this and I'll only have one test left for the CCVP then. I have the book and the PEC material is free and looks…
I've been running on Asterisk, actually Trixbox, for probably over a year now. It works ok but I have several issues that I've never been very happy with. For one thing I've been using an old version of the SCCP channel to run the…
I just came across Andy's comments about the state of room based video conferencing. I have to say that I agree completely. I've been to a number of Cisco Telepresence demo's now and there's no question it's impressive. The price…
While I greatly respect the writing of folks like Om and the podcasts of TWIT, there seems to often be a disconnect between the press releases they report on and the reality on the street. I try to look at these things in the context of what's…
His name escapes me right now but the http://www.ciscoblog.com/ has an entry about the coolness of the Cisco 1861 ISR. This little thing does it all. Voice, firewall, VPN, LAN switch with POE and wireless through an HWIC. It can also operate in SRST mode which is…
Well, not really. I found out the hard way that an Ephone-DN in CME that isn't configured from the start as a dual-line can't be changed to a dual-line. So, no consult transfer or putting a call on hold and calling someone else. No big deal,…