Month: January 2009

  • Fixing that stupid Cisco IOS telnet thing…

    One of the things that most drives me crazy about Ciscos is the default setting that makes when you’re at a Cisco IOS “exec” prompt that if you type something that isn’t a command, it interprets it as an attempt to “telnet” to a host. This is a real pain in the backside as all typos become unwanted telnet attempts. It’s just a dumb default really.

    Fortunately the fix is simple. Just go into the VTY settings and add a “transport preferred none”, eg:

    and that P.I.A. is fixed.


  • Unlocking a Cisco IP phone

    One of those things I can never remember! It’s:

    **#

    Lets you change the network configs among other things.

    Also can factory reset with:

    Settings> Phone settings> Press **2

    Works on older 7921 at least.