Armed with a Cisco 877W or an AironetAP it would be good to have multiple SSID’s assigned to their own VLAN’s with their own WPA passwords.
The only restriction is that only one SSID can broadcast it’s name (guest-mode). In my application I have a “public” SSID with limited access and then addition ones which connect [...]

Announcements can be sent from a voice gateway (router) without the need to write complex gateway scripts or the use of CUE (Cisco Unity Express).
All you need is a VXML script and an audio file (I would suggest recorded in G729r8 format see future post of how to create these from the router too).
Instructions
Create the [...]

This brief note covers getting an SSL certificate registered with Thawte onto a Cisco router running IOS.
1. Create the Trustpoint
This binds the SSL cert to the CA (Certificate Authority) which in this case is Thawte.  The subject is where you will specify all the usual bits you need in the cert. Also ensure that fqdn [...]

SoHo workers now share their lines with other PC’s in the house. The following is a config snippet from my router to provide some protection for my VoIP and business traffic.
!
! policy and classes to mark local incoming traffic
!
! whilst QoS pre-clasify should be used I have found it
! unreliable on certain IOS releases.  Also [...]

By default Cisco Unity Express only reports the called number in your message for internal calls.
It’s quite simple to change this so that all calls (where a number is available) have their numbers reported.
Router# service-module service-enable 1/0 session
Trying 192.168.n.2, 2066 … Open
se-192-168-n-2#
se-192-168-n-2# conf t
se-192-168-n-2(config)# voicemail callerid
se-192-168-n-2(config)# end
se-192-168-n-2# wr mem
se-192.168-n-2# exit

Session closed

[Connection to 192.168.n.2 closed by [...]

We have two CME’s and a single shared CUE.
Dialplan
CME1:
3002 – Phone 1
3003 – Phone 2
3200 – AA Script (outside scope)
3600 – Voicemail
3998 – MWI off
3999 – MWI on
CME2:
3004 – Phone 1
3005 – Phone 2
3998 – MWI off
3999 – MWI on
on CME1 (Central)
voice service voip
allow-connections sip to h323
allow-connections h323 to sip
allow-connections h323 to h323

interface FastEthernet 0/0
ip [...]

To restore factory defaults on Cisco Unity Express firstly take the module offline by typing “offline“, then when confirmed issue the “restore factory defaults” command.
An example follows :
Router# service-mode  service-engine 1/0
Trying 192.168.n.3, 2006 … Open
se-192-168-n-3# offline
!!!WARNING!!!: If you are going offline to do a backup, it is recommended
that you save the current running configuration using [...]

Here follows the ISDN2e specific config for a gateway connected in the Uk with DDI. An assuption is made that the DDI range is : 03333 567890 – 03333 567899 and that the internal extensions would be 3000 – 3009. In addition to this calls to the PSTN will be presented with full DDI of [...]

As mentioned in my profile I am studying for my CCIE Voice Lab exam. Well I have been plagued by a problem with phones not registering when using Rented Lab Kit and physical IP phones in my home POD.
My POD is connected to the Rented Lab Equipment over an encrypted link that is also NAT’d.

One [...]

Zebra is a look a like IOS front end for routing on Linux and *BSD systems. It became popular are routed went commercial (might be slightly wrong over that).
I was looking to get dynamic routing installed on FreeBSD and initially installed zebra from the port. However after considerable effort to get it up and running [...]