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Cisco SRP527W Setup & Users

March 1, 2014 by Jamie Leave a Comment

Cisco SRP527WThe other night I was helping a friend out and they needed a better adsl router/wireless router and I happened to have one of these Cisco SRP527W units at home. It’s a good little set and forget device (when they behave) so I thought I’d install that.

A few things that I had forgotten about since I last set one of these up so I thought I might as well note it here incase I need it again.

Factory Reset

Press and hold the reset button the side of the unit for 10 seconds while it’s on. You’ll hear it click after the time is up and the lights will go through the reset sequence. This takes about 2 minutes, patience is a v!.

Users

username: cisco password: cisco
username: admin password: admin

There is two different users on this unit. The first that shows up in the username box after the factory reset is Cisco and when you use the password and login, all features appear to be available. However in reality if you want to gain access to ALL features on the unit use the admin username. The quick start wizard makes it really easy to get the unit online. If you need advanced settings they are there and easy to understand. If you’re really stuck you could always read the manual available over at Cisco’s website.

Filed Under: Geek, Tip Tagged With: adsl, cisco, configuration, internet, networking

Mac Mini Ethernet Port Not Working [Solved]

August 1, 2012 by Jamie Leave a Comment

Is your mac mini ethernet port not working or has stopped working after you’ve changed something in your network, or just added one to your existing network?

Today I was configuring a brand new Mac Mini with OS X 10.7.4 server on it and I had it plugged into a Meraki MX80 and it was all working just peachy. Then I moved the Meraki and plugged it into a Cisco SG300-28 managed switch and the ethernet port on the mini stopped working. 

I went into System Preferences > Networking and could see that it was doing a flip/flop every 30 seconds or so, confirmed by checking the kernel.log. I did a bit of searching around and people had all kinds of things to say about cables and speeds and brands of switches but no real solid solution. One mentioned how flow control could be an issue.

I logged onto the cisco, checked the port that the mini was plugged into, flow-control : disabled. Ok then, I’ll enable it and see how I go, No Dice. There was one option left, auto-negotiate. I selected that, saved the config and bingo, my mac mini was back up and working.

So if you’ve got a switch you can mess with flow control, change it to Auto Negotiate and you’re up and running, well I was anyway. I hope this helps someone else.

Filed Under: Geek Tagged With: apple, cisco, linksys, macmini

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