Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Last TCN Engineers Onsite



Sending off the last TCN engineers on site . . . see you in Afghanistan. . .









Monday, November 30, 2009

CONTRACT OF LEASE/RENT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


This CONTRACT OF LEASE is made and executed at the City of _____, this day of _______________, 2008, by and between:

(NAME OF LESSOR), of legal age, single/married to (Name of spouse if any), Filipino, and with residence and postal address at (Address), hereinafter referred to as the LESSOR.

-AND-

(NAME OF LESSEE), Filipino and with residence and postal address at (Address), hereinafter referred to as the LESSEE.

WITNESSETH; That

WHEREAS, the LESSOR is the owner of THE LEASED PREMISES, a residential property situated at (Address of property to be leased);

WHEREAS, the LESSOR agrees to lease-out the property to the LESSEE and the LESSEE is willing to lease the same;

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the LESSOR leases unto the LESSEE and the LESSEE hereby accepts from the LESSOR the LEASED premises, subject to the following:

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. PURPOSES: That premises hereby leased shall be used exclusively by the LESSEE for residential purposes only and shall not be diverted to other uses. It is hereby expressly agreed that if at any time the premises are used for other purposes, the LESSOR shall have the right to rescind this contract without prejudice to its other rights under the law.

2. TERM: This term of lease is for ONE (1) YEAR. from (Date) to (Date) inclusive. Upon its expiration, this lease may be renewed under such terms and conditions as my be mutually agreed upon by both parties, written notice of intention to renew the lease shall be served to the LESSOR not later than seven (7) days prior to the expiry date of the period herein agreed upon.

3. RENTAL RATE: The monthly rental rate for the leased premises shall be in PESOS: AMOUNT IN WORDS (P 00,000.00), Philippine Currency. All rental payments shall be payable to the LESSOR.

4. DEPOSIT: That the LESSEE shall deposit to the LESSOR upon signing of this contract and prior to move-in an amount equivalent to the rent for THREE (3) MONTHS or the sum of PESOS: AMOUNT IN WORDS (P 00,000.00), Philippine Currency. wherein the two (2) months deposit shall be applied as rent for the 11th and 12th months and the remaining one (1) month deposit shall answer partially for damages and any other obligations, for utilities such as Water, Electricity, CATV, Telephone, Association Dues or resulting from violation(s) of any of the provision of this contract.

5. DEFAULT PAYMENT: In case of default by the LESSEE in the payment of the rent, such as when the checks are dishonored, the LESSOR at its option may terminate this contract and eject the LESSEE. The LESSOR has the right to padlock the premises when the LESSEE is in default of payment for One (1) month and may forfeit whatever rental deposit or advances have been given by the LESSEE.

6. SUB-LEASE: The LESSEE shall not directly or indirectly sublet, allow or permit the leased premises to be occupied in whole or in part by any person, form or corporation, neither shall the LESSEE assign its rights hereunder to any other person or entity and no right of interest thereto or therein shall be conferred on or vested in anyone by the LESSEE without the LESSOR'S written approval.

7. PUBLIC UTILITIES: The LESSEE shall pay for its telephone, electric, cable TV, water, Internet, association dues and other public services and utilities during the duration of the lease.

8. FORCE MAJEURE: If whole or any part of the leased premises shall be destroyed or damaged by fire, flood, lightning, typhoon, earthquake, storm, riot or any other unforeseen disabling cause of acts of God, as to render the leased premises during the term substantially unfit for use and occupation of the LESSEE, then this lease contract may be terminated without compensation by the LESSOR or by the LESSEE by notice in writing to the other.

9. LESSOR'S RIGHT OF ENTRY: The LESSOR or its authorized agent shall after giving due notice to the LESSEE shall have the right to enter the premises in the presence of the LESSEE or its representative at any reasonable hour to examine the same or make repairs therein or for the operation and maintenance of the building or to exhibit the leased premises to prospective LESSEE, or for any other lawful purposes which it may deem necessary.

10. EXPIRATION OF LEASE: At the expiration of the term of this lease or cancellation thereof, as herein provided, the LESSEE will promptly deliver to the LESSOR the leased premises with all corresponding keys and in as good and tenable condition as the same is now, ordinary wear and tear expected devoid of all occupants, movable furniture, articles and effects of any kind. Non-compliance with the terms of this clause by the LESSEE will give the LESSOR the right, at the latter's option, to refuse to accept the delivery of the premises and compel the LESSEE to pay rent therefrom at the same rate plus Twenty Five (25) % thereof as penalty until the LESSEE shall have complied with the terms hereof. The same penalty shall be imposed in case the LESSEE fails to leave the premises after the expiration of this Contract of Lease or termination for any reason whatsoever.

11. JUDICIAL RELIEF: Should any one of the parties herein be compelled to seek judicial relief against the other, the losing party shall pay an amount of One Hundred (100) % of the amount clamed in the complaint as attorney's fees which shall in no case be less than P50,000.00 pesos in addition to other cost and damages which the said party may be entitled to under the law.

12. This CONTRACT OF LEASE shall be valid and binding between the parties, their successors-in-interest and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, parties herein affixed their signatures on the date and place above written.

(Name of Lessor) (Name of Lessee)

LESSOR LESSEE

Signed in the presence of:

_____________________________ ______________________________

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Republic of the Philippines)

_________________________) S.S

BEFORE ME, personally appeared:

Name CTC Number Date/Place Issued

(Name of Lessor) 10000000 February 24, 08 / Cavite City

(Name of Lessee) 10000000 January 07, 08 / Makati

Known to me and to me known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed.

This instrument consisting of ____ page/s, including the page on which this acknowledgement is written, has been signed on each and every page thereof by the concerned parties and their witnesses, and and sealed with my notarial seal.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL, on the date and place first above written.

Notary Public

Doc. No.______;

Page No. ______;

Book No.______;

Series of 2009.


Document came from this source. Just having a copy for my own personal usage.

CHATTEL MORTGAGE (Motor Vehicle)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

I, (Name of Mortgagor) of legal age, single/married to____________________ with postal address at _____________________________hereinafter known as the MORTGAGOR, and _________________________________ of legal age, single/married to ______________________ with postal address at _______________________________ hereinafter known as the MORTGAGEE, witnesseth:

That the MORTGAGOR is indebted unto the MORTGAGEE in the sum of (Amount in Words) (000,000.00), Philippine Currency, receipt of which is acknowledged by the MORTGAGOR upon the signing of this instrument, payable within a period of _____ years, with interest thereon at the rate of (___) % per annum;

That for, and consideration of , this indebtedness, and to assure the performance of said obligation to pay, the MORTGAGOR hereby conveys by way of CHATTEL MORTGAGE unto the MORTGAGEE, his heirs and assigns, the following personality now in the possession of said MORTGAGOR

MAKE :

MOTOR NO. :

SERIES :

SERIAL/CHASSIS NO. :

TYPE OF BODY :

PLATE NO. :

YEAR MODEL :

FILE NO. :

That the condition of this obligation is that should the MORTGAGOR perform the obligation to pay the hereinabove cited indebtedness of (Amount in Words) (000,000.00) together with accrued interest thereon, this chattel mortgage shall at once become null and void and of no effect whatsoever, otherwise, it shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their hands, this ____day of ______ 2008______ at ____ Philippines.

_______________________________ _______________________________

MORTGAGOR MORTGAGEE

IN THE PRESENCE OF:

_______________________________ _______________________________



ACKNOWLEDGEMENT



Republic of the Philippines)
________________________ ) S.S

BEFORE ME, personally appeared:

Name CTC Number Date/Place Issued

(Name of Mortgagor) 10000000 Jan 01, 08 / Quezon City
(Name of Mortgagee) 10000000 Jan 11, 08 / Las Pinas City

Known to me and to me known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same is their free and voluntary act and deed.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL, on the date and place first above written.

Notary Public

Doc. No.______;
Page No. ______;
Book No.______;
Series of 2008.

CONTRACT TO SELL (Real Estate Property)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


This CONTRACT TO SELL, made and executed this ____ day of _________, 2008 by and between:

(NAME OF SELLER /VENDOR), of legal age, single/married to (Name of spouse if any), Filipino, and with residence and postal address at (Address), hereinafter referred to as the "SELLER/VENDOR";

-AND-

(NAME OF BUYER/VENDEE), Filipino and with residence and postal address at (Address), hereinafter referred to as the "BUYER/VENDEE".

WITNESSETH;

WHEREAS, the SELLER/VENDOR is the absolute and registered owner of a parcel of land consisting of LAND AREA IN WORDS (000) square meters, more or less, located at (Address of property to be sold) and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. (TCT Number) issued by the Registry of Deeds of (Name of Town or City);

WHEREAS, the BUYER/VENDEE has offered to buy and the SELLER /VENDOR has agreed to sell the above mentioned property under the terms and conditions herein below set forth;

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the total sum of (Amount in words) (Php: 000,000.00) Philippine Currency, and of the covenants herein after set forth the SELLER/VENDOR agrees to sell and the BUYER/VENDEE agrees to buy the aforesaid property subject to the following terms and conditions: (Note: Terms and Conditions below are sample only, please revise)

1. The total consideration shall be One Million (Php: 1,000,000.00) PESOS, Philippine Currency, payable as follows:

a) The amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (Php: 300,000.00) PESOS, representing earnest money shall be payable by theBUYER/VENDEE to the SELLER/VENDOR upon signing of this Contract to Sell;

b) The remaining balance in the amount of SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND (Php: 700,000.00) PESOS, shall be paid in Cash on or before _________, 2008.

c) In case the check representing the payment for the balance provided in paragraph b hereof, is dishonored by the drawee bank, the earnest money in the amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND (Php: 300,000.00) PESOS, shall be forfeited in favor of theSELLER/VENDOR.

2. Capital Gains Tax and Real Estate Tax, shall be for the account of the SELLER/VENDOR;

3. Documentary Stamps Tax, Registration Fee, registration expenses, and all other miscellaneous fees and expenses shall be to the account of theBUYER/VENDEE;

4. Possession to the subject property shall be delivered by the SELLER/VENDOR to the BUYER/VENDEE upon full payment of the total consideration;

5. Upon full payment of the total price, the SELLER/VENDOR shall sign and execute a DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE in favor of the BUYER/VENDEE.The SELLER/VENDOR shall likewise execute and/or deliver any and all documents, including but not limited to the original copy of Transfer Certificate of Title, Tax Declaration and all other documents necessary for the transfer of ownership from SELLER/VENDOR to the BUYER/VENDEE.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto affixed their signatures, this ______ day of __________________ at _________________________, Philippines.

(SELLER/VENDOR) (BUYER/VENDEE)

Name Name

WITH MARITAL CONSENT:



________________________ _________________________
Name of Seller/Vendor's Spouse Name of Buyer/Vendee's Spouse

SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:

__________________________ ____________________________

ACKNOWLEDGMENT


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
_____________________________ ) SS.


BEFORE ME, a Notary Public, this ____________day of ________________, personally appeared the following:

Name CTC Number Date/Place Issued

(Name of Seller/Vendor) 10000000 February 5, 2009 / Pasay City

(Name of Buyer/Vendee) 10000000 January 14, 2009 / Quezon City

This instrument, consisting of ___ page/s, including the page on which this acknowledgment is written, has been signed on the left margin of each and every page thereof by the concerned parties and their witnesses, and sealed with my notarial seal.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand the day, year and place above written.


Notary Public


Doc. No. ........;
Page No. .......;
Book No. .......;
Series of 2009


Document came from this source.

DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE (Real Estate Property)

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


This DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE is made, executed and entered into by:

(NAME OF SELLER), of legal age, single/married to (Name of spouse if any), Filipino, and with residence and postal address at (Address of Seller), hereinafter referred to as the SELLER

-AND-

(NAME OF BUYER), Filipino and with residence and postal address at (Address of Buyer), hereinafter referred to as the BUYER.

WITNESSETH;

WHEREAS, the SELLER is the registered owner of a parcel of land with improvements located at (Address of property to be sold) and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. (TCT Number) containing a total area of (Land Area of Property in Words) (000) SQUARE METERS, more or less, and more particularly described as follows:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 0000

"(Insert the technical description of the property on the title) Example: A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 20 Blk 54 of consolidation subdivision plan (LRC) Pcs-13265, being a portion of the consolidation of Lots 4751-A and 4751-B (LRC) Psd-50533, Lot 3, Psd-100703, Lot 1, Psd-150980, LRC Rec. Nos. Nos. N-27024, 51768, 89632, N-11782, N-13466, and 21071 situated in the Bo. of San Donisio, Mun of Paranaque, Prov of Rizal, Is. of Luzon. Bounded on NE., point 4 to 1 by Road Lot 22, on...to the point of beginning; containing an area of (280) square meters more or less..."

WHEREAS, the BUYER has offered to buy and the SELLER has agreed to sell the above mentioned property for the amount of (Amount in words) (P 000,000.00) Philippine Currency;

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the sum of (Amount in words) (P 000,000.00) Philippine Currency, hand paid by the vendee to the vendor, theSELLER DO HEREBY SELL, TRANSFER, and CONVEY by way of Absolute Sale unto the said BUYER, his heirs and assigns, the certain parcel of land together with all the improvements found thereon, free from all liens and encumbrances of whatever nature including real estate taxes as of the date of this sale.

(NAME OF SELLER) (NAME OF BUYER)

Seller Buyer

WITH MARITAL CONSENT:

________________________ _________________________
Name of Seller's Spouse Name of Buyer's Spouse

SIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF:

__________________________ ____________________________

ACKNOWLEDGMENT


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)
_____________________________ ) SS.


BEFORE ME, a Notary Public for and in the City of ___________________, personally appeared:

Name CTC Number Date/Place Issued

(Name of Seller) 10000000 Jan 15, 2008 / Angeles City

(Name of Buyer) 10000000 Jan 9, 2008 / Manila

Known to me and to me known to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that the same are their free act and voluntary deed.

This instrument, consisting of (__) pages, including the page on which this acknowledgment is written, has been signed on the left margin of each and every page thereof by the concerned parties and their witnesses, and sealed with my notarial seal.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL on this ___day of __________________2009 at_______________.


Notary Public

Doc. No. ........;
Page No. .......;
Book No. .......;
Series of 2009


Document came from this source. Just having my own copy for personal usage.

CompTIA Network+ Certificate

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Pacquiao-Cotto Fight Live on AFN Sports

We're so glad that we can watch the fight live via AFN Sports tomorrow morning at 0500 GMT+3. We did sent a query to AFN management if there's a chance to broadcast the fight live and the wish has been granted . . . here's the full copy of the email. . .

Greetings!
>
> For all those who've been asking and were told AFN didn't get the rights, we
> were finally granted the rights to air the Pacquaio/Cotto boxing match
> today! It'll be LIVE on AFN|sports this Saturday, Nov 14 at 1800 California
> (Sun, Nov 15 at 0300 CET / 0500 Iraq).
>
> This was a last minute gift from the promoter and an unexpected one at that.
> We're happy that we can offer this huge fight to our world-wide audience.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Keith Fenske

We're able to watch as well the HBO sponsored 24/7 of Pacquiao-Cotto Fight so we have some sort of idea on how it's gonna be by tomorrow. . .but still unpredictable . . .

Friday, November 13, 2009

Underneath the Asian Moon

Underneath the Asian Moon is a title of a song dedicated to the late Steven Alston Davis . . . a friend, mentor, a good father to his kids . . . Some fantastic friends from around the world are participating in the creation of this song, some knew him, others don't.

Here's the people involved in creating the song . . .
Dave White::Music
Steve Pypen::Lyrics
John Lawton::Vocals
Bob Dreher::Backing Vocals
Dave White::Guitar/Keyboard
Rich wagner::Bass
Staf Pypen::Drums

A website has been created in Tribute to the late Steven Alston Davis.

Keetley Davis Xmas Greeting

Ubuntu Karmic Koala Netbook Remix and TV-Browser

Recently I've been into installing Karmic Koala Netbook Remix on HP Mini 1137NR and everything looks good from skype call to playing videos and music then I was tempted to install TV-Browser . . . an open source application for digital tv guide. TV-Browser gets the daily TV program from the internet and shows it clearly aranged - like a printed TV guide.

But right after the package is installed karmic hanged up. Decided to reboot the netbook and just right after the splash screen it hanged up again and won't be able to reach the login screen. I tried running recovery but no luck at all. I didn't bother to do further troubleshooting and check some logs. Decided to rebuild the netbook from scratch. Now am back on my feet and won't attempt to re install TV-Browser again. Just be careful when installing the TV-Browser package on Karmic Koala Netbook Remix.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Certificate of Stewardship

Somebody offered us to buy the rights of a sort of farm or forest with an area of 5 hectares. The current occupant said that the document in his possession is a Certificate of Stewardship.

This is what I found about Certificate of Stewardship from this source.

Certificate of Stewardship CSA (Certificate of Stewardship Agreement) - A document issued by the government to qualified individual occupants pursuant to Stewardship Agreement (SA). A Stewardship Agreement is a 50-year contract entered into by and between an individual forest occupant or forest community association, or cooperative and the government allowing the former the right to peaceful occupation, possession, and sustainable management over the designated area. This is awarded by the State to individuals possessing properties that are in State Reservations. This certificate is transferable and it can even be used as loan instrument or collateral.

Some questions in mind that came up on this kind of contract . . .

What would happen after the 50 year contract expired and the occupant cultivated and improved the land? Will the Government award the land to occupant permanently as the rightful owner? Or is it subject for another contract renewal?

Sunday, October 4, 2009

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

IT Minimart

My Network in Baghdad

This is how it looks setting up a network in the middle of the desert.

We have two sat links. The bigger dish connects to an ISP in Austria(2 MBPS) and the smaller dish connects to the US(1.5 MBPS). This is a normal setup, say if one of the link goes down then you have the other link as backup. The thing with satellite links is that they are very very expensive. The link that connects to Austria costs 12,000 USD a month while the link that connects to the US costs 17,000 USD a month. Anyway Uncle Sam is paying for it :) . . . It's noticeable that the sat dish sits on top of a bunker.

This 6 foot trailer is the IT Room/Server Room . . . it contains the modems, routers, servers of the whole camp. It contains two AC units which makes 18 degrees celsius inside while its 47 degrees celsius outside . . .

There's a hole on the lower corner of the trailer in which cables from the whole camp passes through. If you notice the UTP cables just lay down on the ground on a pipe but still not that much protection. What I did was took 2 sand bags from the bunkers and dump it on top of the cables as an added protection. This kind of cabling already exist when we took over this camp:) . . . and that's my excuse. I don't wanna do a recabling again . . . besides it works!




HP Proliant ML350 with HP Data Protector Express as Tape Backup




Cisco Catalyst Switches and iDirect Satellite Modems


We've got 2 server racks. The taller rack contains 2 HP Proliant ML350 servers with Xeon processors, an Untangle box as firewall/gateway and another box for Anti Virus and Windows Update Server. The smaller rack contains Cisco Catalyst switches, another Untangle box and a file server for movies and TV series (right now its around 300 GB of data) . . . What can you do in the middle of the desert? . . . watch movies and downloaded TV series :) . . . We have a projector and loud speakers and that makes our night . . .


Monday, August 3, 2009

Transforming Vista into Windows VXP Hybrid

As we all know that Vista has a lot of issues so I am using this guide some sort of making Vista a little bit better by disabling those unwanted apps . . .

Thursday, July 30, 2009

How to restart Splunk service on Ubuntu Server

Recently I installed a splunk package on one of my ubuntu servers. Everything goes well except after I restarted the server. The splunk service doesn't start automatically. So what I did is add the splunk daemon to ubuntu startup .

On ubuntu menu bar click on System --> Preferences then navigate to Startup Applications.

On Start up Applications Preferences window click on Add.


Name it as Splunk Daemon then add the command to run splunk on startup which is /opt/splunk/bin splunk start


Splunk will now start automatically everytime the server is restarted. Splunk admin page can now be access using this link - http://server-ip-address:8000.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Allen Sportswear for Basketball Uniforms

Recently Filipinos here at VBC formed some sort of an inter company basketball league which will kick off sometime this August.

So our company decided to participate and form a team. So here goes the discussion on where to order the uniform, the design, color, sizes etc. We thought of ordering it locally here in Baghdad but seems nobody plays basketball in Baghdad so obviously there's no place to order for uniforms :). So we resorted to ordering it online. I did send an email to all the store that appears on the first page of google if they can deliver here in Baghdad.

Among those store only Allen Sportswear replied and confirmed that they can deliver to Baghdad. The good thing I like about Allen Sportswear is on how they handle their clients. From the Account Manager (Ryan Brimmer) up to the Customer Support (John Malone). Ryan provided some inputs on how to make the uniform look better and find some ways on how to make the process easier for both of us.

What I thought was once the payment is made the deal is over. I already submitted my design then that's it, we'll just have to wait for the uniforms to arrive. But then John sent me another email just in case if I need to do some last minute changes prior to production . . .and indeed I need to make some changes after reviewing the attached document. One of the uniform size has to be change from Large to 2XLarge.

If the customer support person hadn't sent me that email then I will be in trouble. It's the Boss' uniform who has the wrong size.

A mockup of VIAP Iraq Basketball uniform. Dress Like It, Play Like It.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Configuration

My previous process in resetting Cisco Aironet 1200 Series AP in which resetting is done using Hyper terminal and pressing the reset button then checking the dump data on hyper terminal for the default IP address which is normally 10.0.0.1 then accessing the admin page via HTTP using the default IP address. . . In some versions of Cisco Aironet 1200 Series this doesn’t work anymore.

This is the new process in assigning a new IP address to an access point that has been reset to default factory settings.

Run hyper terminal. Be sure you have the settings for the hyper terminal which is Speed=9600 bits per second (bps) Data bits=8 Stop bits=1 Parity=None Flow Control=Xon/Xoff

NOTE: if the flow control Xon/Xoff does not work, try using the flow control none.

Plug the console cable on the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series AP

Hold the Mode/Reset button of the Cisco Aironet 1200 then plug the power adapter

Hold down the reset/Mode button for 5 seconds then release.

This will provide you a dump on hyper terminal

As you can see on the dump this will provide a default IP address of 10.0.0.1

Just let it run and continue with the dump process

When it's finish press on enter

This will give you the prompt ap>

On ap> prompt enter this command

ap> enable

This will ask for a password in which the default is Cisco

Configuration mode is now enabled

ap#

Enter the following command to configure the terminal

ap# config term

The new prompt would be something like this

ap(config)#

Enter the following command to assign a new IP address to the access point

ap(config)# int bvi 1
ip address a.b.c.d sub.net.ma.sk

Where a.b.c.d is the IP address to be assigned on the device and the equivalent subnet mask

You may run the end command to exit the configuration

ap(config)# end

Verify the assigned IP address

ap# show interface bvi 1

This will provide some information on this interface including the assigned IP address

ap#show interface bvi 1
BVI1 is down, line protocol is down
Hardware is BVI, address is 001c.58a6.0ae3 (bia 0007.0e66.f000)
Internet address is 192.168.1.17/24
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 54000 Kbit, DLY 5000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input never, output never, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
48 packets output, 29664 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 0 interface resets
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out



Plug the UTP cable on the ethernet port then ping the device to verify the new assigned IP address

Now configuration process can be continued via HTTP access on the assigned IP address.

Social Media Optimization: An Easy Guide to Marketing and Promoting your blog

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Loopback Error Recovery

Recently we encountered an issue on Cisco Catalyst 3560 switch in which ports Fa0/10 and Fa0/22 has been disabled automatically by the IOS Software due to an error.

First thing to do is determine the cause of the error. This topic can be found on the Cisco website on this link.

IOS commands issued to determine the error.

In my case I always utilize putty in accessing Cisco IOS.

Login to Cisco IOS (telnet) using putty then enter the equivalent password for Cisco IOS

Run enable command then enter the equivalent password

Then run this command to determine the status of the port

Switch26# show interface Fa0/10 status
Port Name Status Vlan Duplex Speed Type
Fao/10 err-disabled 1 auto auto 10/100BaseTX


To determine the cause of the error run the following command
# show log

This command will dump a log on all the ports. Check specifically the logs on the port that encountered the issue.
In our case its interface Fa0/10

The log would show up something like this

%PM−4−ERR_DISABLE: loopback error detected on Fa0/10, putting Fao/10 in
err−disable state

So the error encountered was a loopback.

Cisco Catalyst 3560 Switch loopback issue

A loopback error occurs when the keepalive packet is looped back to the port that sent the keepalive. The switch sends keepalives out all the interfaces by default. A device can loop the packets back to the source interface, which usually occurs because there is a logical loop in the network that the spanning tree has not blocked. The source interface receives the keepalive packet that it sent out, and the switch disables the interface (errdisable). This message occurs because the keepalive packet is looped back to the port that sent the keepalive:

The suggested workaround is to disable keepalives and upgrade to Cisco IOS Software Release
12.2SE or later.

Run the following command to disable keepalive on a particular port

Switch26#configure terminal
Switch26 (config) #interface Fa0/10
Switch26 (config) #no keepalive
Switch26 (config)end

Run this command to check the current configuration
Switch26#show running-config interface Fa0/10
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 48 bytes
!
interface FastEthernet0/10
no keepalive
end

Copy the running configuration to the startup configuration

Switch26#copy running-config startup-config
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration...
[OK]
Switch26#

Now we need to enable the new settings to the port by resetting the port

Run the following command shutdown and no shutdown


Switch26#
Switch26#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch26(config)#interface Fa0/10
Switch26(config-if)#shutdown
Switch26(config-if)#end
Switch26#show running-config interface Fa0/10
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 58 bytes
!
interface FastEthernet0/10
no keepalive
shutdown
end

Switch26#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch26(config)#interface Fa0/10
Switch26(config-if)#no shutdown
Switch26(config-if)#end
Switch26#show running-config interface Fa0/10
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 48 bytes
!
interface FastEthernet0/10
no keepalive
end

Switch26#

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Backing up Outlook PST File on Windows XP

Lately I've been trying to find a tool that would allow me to embed a pdf file on a blog. The first on the list that came up on google was scribd but when I tried uploading a pdf file to it then embed the pdf to my blog the output seems blurred and unreadable so I tried acrobat.com although the display is smaller but the clarity of the document is better.

Proxy Configuration for Internet Explorer

Proxy Configuration for Firefox

Thursday, July 23, 2009

My First Knife: Gerber Gator


I got my Gerber Gator at the IZ inside Camp Prosperity PX. What I like about this knife is its soft grip. One thing it lacks is the clip so it would be easier to insert on pockets and that's the reason why I am getting a second knife.
This knife is just in my backpack and hasn't been put to good use. Lately my neighbor at Dodge City South CHU knock on my door asking if I have a knife so he could use it to open his door since he forgot his key inside his room. Then we utilized it also to open the window screens or shall we say 'destroy' the window at the back of his CHU. Much easier approach than destroying the door knob with a Gerber Gator knife.
More details about this knife can be found here.

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