I know of RANCID and I'm considering it.<BR><BR>In the past I have had basic scripts to login to my routers and have them do a 'copy running-config tftp' to keep a backup of my configs. As my network ...

Many administrators forget—or don't even realize—that they can configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) on Cisco IOS routers and switches. David Davis discusses the pros and cons of this ...

It's been years since I did anything hardcore like reprogramming routers. We've got a situation where we are using a router, it works fine, but we need to switch over to a new config with increased ...

With a simulator, there are always missing commands and programming errors, and it can never really be as complete as the real IOS. However, because an emulator runs the IOS, you get every feature ...