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Adding a custom background image to a Cisco IP Phone can be tricky. You can use Cisco Phone Designer or you can use the following instructions to upload backgrounds to the dedicated servers so the users can choose a background from the phone.
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This short post demonstrates using ‘ip sla’ and  freedns.afraid.org for dynamic dns.

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The company I work for has been implementing thin client technologies based on Citrix and Microsoft Terminal Services for a long time.  Today, VMWare’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is starting to be the hot item.  This post addresses the network concerns presented by thin client technologies.  My first experience with this issue was presented by a small branch employee playing ‘Wheel of Fortune’ online.  The network died every time it was her turn to spin the wheel.

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I recently had the pleasure of installing my first 3G enabled routers in a production environment. To my pleasant surprise, the process and configuration is very simple. I was able to follow Cisco’s documentation to the letter. From zero to DMVPN took about 3 hours.

Although the configuration is simple, I still got confused about a couple of parts on my first try … basically just over thinking.  Also, there were a few issues maintaining  solid connectivity but I will just chalk that up to inexperience.

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