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mike-brooks · 03-20-2017

Hi Our ACS has begun getting Alarms for "Configured nameserver is down Server=<Primary / Secondary ACS hostname>." The Alarm Details say, "Please check DNS configuration, check corresponding DNS server and domain controller are available." DNS confi...

mike-brooks · 10-13-2016

I am putting together a small script (series of commands in a Notepad .txt file) to be run from cli on a variety of Cisco Catalyst switches and routers. Because the number of vty lines varies on the different platforms, I would like to be able to sp...

mike-brooks · 05-13-2014

CPI 2.0 getting "the selected templates doesn't belong to the same device type" when trying to create Composite Template. Anybody know why?

mike-brooks · 09-14-2012

We're in the process of rolling out a Cisco IP phone system, replacing an ancient Verizon Centrex (key sets, Charlie's Angels style speakerphones, etc).One of the plant locations is an electrical substation with two 230 KV feeds coming into it. Ther...

mike-brooks · 06-01-2012

Does Cisco make a VoIP phone that connects to the wired LAN (that is, the phone doesn't use wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n) but does use DECT 6.0 for the cordless communications from the base station to the cordless handset? So, for instance, the 7921G...

mike-brooks · 02-06-2018

This problem was caused by ACS trying to use every Active Directory domain ours has a trust with (there are dozens scattered about the globe in our corporation) for authentication. From ACS 5.8 Help below: "By default, ACS permits authentication aga...

mike-brooks · 05-30-2017

Hi Nick, Thanks for the update. So based on your experience, it sounds like if I applied patch 7 to our 5.8 patch 6 ACSs, it wouldn't be of any help in fixing this particular issue. Aside from the "nameserver is down" Alarms, it seems like our ACS is...

mike-brooks · 05-13-2014

Problem was apparently with Internet Explorer ... exact same operation - creating Composite Template - works perfectly in Chrome.

mike-brooks · 06-01-2012

Okay, thanks.I work at a steel mill, and the plant is a campus of hulking steel buildings spread over about a mile. We currently have Centrex, but now have an approved project to deploy VoIP. As some of our sister plants in other locations have don...

mike-brooks · 09-02-2011

To answer George Stefanick's questions: Yes, AP fallback is enabled on all the 4402s and my new 5508.No, the 5508 is not in the same mobility group as all the 4402s. There was concern that adding the 5508 to it might negatively impact the existing e...

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ACS 5.8 "configured nameserver is down" Alarm

line vty 0 <max>

"the selected templates doesn't belong to the same device type"

IP phone in electrical substation

Cisco cordless DECT 6.0 VoIP phone?

Re: ACS 5.8 "configured nameserver is down" Alarm

Hi Nick,

Problem was apparently with

Cisco cordless DECT 6.0 VoIP phone?

move 1242 AP to 5508 controller