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  • Import WyseTerm Host List from one user to another in Windows

    Back from the holidays only to find my Windows Profile gone missing at work. One of the annoying things was to add all my remote hosts back onto WyseTerm. While the bad news is that there is no single file (which one would expect) that maintains this list, the good news comes in the form of Windows Registry. Yes, the WyseTerm host information is stored in Windows Registry and can be exported from the registry on to a new profile or other users profile.

    The WyseTerm Host information, also known as the Common Address Book can be exported from the Windows Registry and then imported onto the new users profile as follows:

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  • How to backup and restore Cisco Routers switches using a FTP Server

    I just wrote about backup and restore of Cisco Router and Switches using a TFTP Server & HyperTerminal Emulator program. Let's now backup Cisco Switches and Routers using a FTP Server.

    To backup a Cisco Router or Switch to a FTP server, the FTP server should be reacheable from the router or switch.

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  • How to Backup & Restore config in Cisco routers and switches using TFTP

    It is always important that a copy of the config is saved elsewhere on a server to facilitate a speedy recovery should there be a catastrophy. While Cisco Routers and Switches can recover from a crash as long as the running-config is copied to the startup config. There is every reason for it to fail as it did on one of my Catalyst 3750s.

    There is a lot of automated config backup solutions available for free/opensource. Its worth knowing a manual backup procedure as well.

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