The problem: My everyday PC was an older Lenovo with a single 1TB Hard Disk running Windows 10. I have a backup regime in place, but was concerned that my recent email history was at risk if the HDD failed. The Solution: It was time to upgrade my PC, and Read more…
GXP2130, GXP2135, GXP2140, GXP2160, GXP2170 What’s the problem? Recently I had a bunch of Grandstream GXP2130 phones and needed to update them to the latest firmware. The phones had a mixture of firmware from 1.0.1.x to 1.0.5.x, all fairly early versions. These phones all have a www interface, with a Read more…
Overview In a cloud/containerized environment, it can be useful to provide a single access point for all www traffic (e.g. to reduce the number of public IP’s required and to load-balance across many www servers). A ‘reverse proxy’ server running where the external traffic enters the system can detect which Read more…
What’s the problem? I recently needed to create a MariaDB instance in AWS/RDS. Because of ‘legacy’ it was a requirement that the DB should be accessible from EC2 instances inside AWS, as well as some servers running legacy apps outside of AWS. The problem is that after setting everything up Read more…
Applies to Cisco CP-7940, CP-7940G, CP-7941G, CP7945G, CP-7960, CP-7960G, CP-7961G, CP-7962G, CP-7965G, CP-7970G, CP-7971G-GE, CP-7975G handsets. All of the common Cisco desktop handsets can use custom ring tones. This article will explain how to add them to your system. The mechanism is the same for the old & new handsets. Read more…
SIP Configurations for 79×1 & 79×5 phones Applies to Cisco CP-7941G, CP-7945G, CP-7961G, CP-7965G, CP-7970G, CP-7971G-GE, CP-7975G handsets. The second wave of Cisco VoIP phones work very well with SIP platforms, although are simplest to implement in a ‘non-NAT’ environment, where the phones and PBX can be connected without any Read more…