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As of IOS version 12.4(11)XW Caller ID Name support has  been added to the H323 feature set. In the past, caller id name delivery was only available with MGCP or SIP.  The following is an excerpt from Cisco.com

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I have had several requests for "router basics". This tutorial will show you how to translate your internal network into a single public ip address. Translating several internal or private addresses is called port address translation or PAT.

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This tutorial will show you how to edit your dynagen .net configuration file to allow communication between your virtual router and the physical network connected to the linux host. Connecting to the physical network can provide several real-life scenarios.

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This tutorial will show you how to add a tap interface to your linux machine and how to communicate with your dynamips router session via the tap interface. In a previous tutorial, I used a loopback interface on a Windows XP machine to accomplish the same goal.

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This tutorial combines a couple previous tutorials: Automatic configuration backups with ftp and How To use SCP with Cisco routers.

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I have been using tftp and ftp for configuration file backups for a while. In an effort to tighten security, I tried to use scp several times without any luck. I was not able to find a lot of documention on Cisco’s website or other websites. Through trial and error, I was able to figure it out Hopefully, this video will help fill the gaps for others wanting to use a secure method to backup router configs.

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Router configuration accounting is an important feature for any Cisco Engineer or Network administrator. Until recently, the only way to log configuration changes has been with a TACACS server. Syslog notification of configuration changes was introduced in IOS release 12.3(4)T and was integrated into IOS release 12.2(25)S.

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Here are a couple of very basic tutorials that will help you install Kiwi Syslog and configure a Cisco router to send its logs to the syslog server.

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This tutorial is a continuation of the Dynamips simple frame-relay tutorial. The basic steps displayed in this tutorial provide a simple method of configuring a frame-relay network.

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This tutorial demonstrates creating a virtual frame-relay network using Dynamips.

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