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Wes Smith · 10-14-2020

On NX 93240-FX2 devices that use MACSEC on the 40/100 QSFP ports What does SPAN capture for MACSEC secured ports? Does it capture the clear-text data or the encrypted stream ?I have not been able to find any reference. Thanks in advance

Wes Smith · 09-09-2015

HW GRE support for the 4500-x was added in IOS-XE 3.07.The release notes are pretty sparse. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/release/note/ol-37xe-4500x.html#pgfId-2633388 Does anyone have first hand experience using thi...

Wes Smith · 02-26-2015

HelloI'm updating crypto for all our vpn routers. I'm picking the strongest algorithms as documented in the NextGen Encryption Guidehttp://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/intelligence/nextgen_crypto.htmlI would like to use Elliptical curve vs RSA w...

Wes Smith · 01-28-2015

Are there any special tricks to get IGMP running on an 891?I've done some packet captures and the workstations are sending IGMP reports for their interested streams.However the router never adds it to the IGMP group list.IGMP is enabled on the interf...

Wes Smith · 01-28-2015

HelloWe are looking for a low lag/delay solution to stream 'town hall' live events to remote users.One of the top requirements is running a Q&A session. Our media group want people to be able call in and ask questions.This means we must keep transc...

Wes Smith · 04-28-2015

There is supposedly a patch from TAC that will fix this.There was also supposed to be an updated release by now. We never installed the patch. The Cisco CML product performs so poorly we have stopped using it and will not be renewing.GNS3 is so much...

Wes Smith · 03-02-2015

Thanks MarcinRe encryption perf - Perfect thank you Re disabling isakmpI tried 'no crypto isakmp enable' on my ASR running 3.13 and 891 running 15.4(3)MNew sessions wouldn't start and existing sessions dropped when the ipsec sa expired. ( i have PFS...

Wes Smith · 02-27-2015

Thanks MarcinThis is a good help. But also poses some new questions. It indicates the ISRG2/891 support ECDH and ECDSA in software. Does this rule out using them in a production environment? They are supposed to be stronger and more efficient, bu...

Wes Smith · 02-25-2015

Sort of answered.It seems Auto-Net-Kit is very restricted, and generally of very little use.It's initial adressing and ospf/bgp configurations must all be changed.Once changed, then the visualisation doesnt' work. Overall, we're very disappointed wit...

Wes Smith · 01-30-2015

Thanks.I'm the network guy and don't have deep skills with the various TP components.I'm trying to help out our video team with some of this Multicast work. Does streaming multicast from the MCU require a separate Windows Media Server or other server...

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4500-x Hardware GRE experiences

Supported HW IKEV2/IPSEC algorithims in ISR G2 and new G3(43xx)

IGMP on 891 running 15.4(3)M1

How much lag between live and streamed is there when using TCS Multicast?

There is supposedly a patch

Thanks MarcinRe encryption

Thanks MarcinThis is a good

Sort of answered.It seems

Thanks.I'm the network guy