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February 2009

Almost There...Open Sky - Gimme a Free SIP Link!

Tue, 2009-02-10 10:35

I've been waiting for this one for awhile, and thought it might come from someone like Skype...Skype has introduced the Open Sky - a service allowing you to directly link your VoIP system into Skype via a SIP trunk.
Soooo...if you're a true geek and run a VoIP home system (I use CCM or CCME), you can now directly link to Open Sky via SIP and not require a typical telephone provider to make outside calls.
The catch? You can only call Skype users...ehh...and only for a "short duration" depending on how busy things are.
So...almost there. Someday, we will have free PSTN calling through one of these types of service.
Here's the link with the information on OpenSky.

Free IP SLA Monitor from Solarwinds

Thu, 2009-02-12 10:44

Just found this "news" in my Junk Email folder (sometimes you find gold in there!). Has anyone had a chance to try this Free IP SLA Monitor from Solarwinds? Looks interesting, but I'm worried about installing yet another cool-sounding-free-tool that runs for 5 minutes then explodes in order to convince me to buy a multimillion dollar product.

New Cisco Visio Stencil

Fri, 2009-02-20 06:12

Cisco has made the Powerpoint Icons into a Visio Stencil format. Hurrah! No more cut-and-paste from Powerpoint to Visio. Very nice all-in-one stencil.
Click here to download

The New, Improved, Vibrating Cisco WAP!

Mon, 2009-02-23 06:09

While skimming the latest TAC update, I stumbled across this one:
Field Notice: FN # 63177 - Cisco Aironet 1250 Access Point Buzzing, Vibrating, and Making Noise
What a hilarious way to start the week! If I can find one of these vibrating WAPs on Ebay...I'm buying it.



Dr. Radut