Having been fighting with Active Directory replication issues lately. I was surprised I did not catch up with good handy tools for AD troubleshooting.
Microsoft actually made AD Replication Status Tool a couple years back to help with troubleshooting. It even has Microsoft Replication Error Guide and knowledgebase integrated. It becomes an easier job with this tool on one side and Command prompt window on the other running all types of repadmin commands.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=30005
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Unlock iTalkBB's VoIP Adapter Linksys SPA2012-R Through Phone Reset
Got an old Linksys SPA2012-R VoIP phone adaptor locked to iTalkBB from a friend. Successfully unlocked it. Below is what I found.
Older versions of SPA2012-R can be unlocked by sniffing network traffic to find its admin password because the adaptor tries to log on iTalkBB's provision server using unencrypted message. It is not the case for my SPA2012-R. After DNS resolution, the provisioning logon starts establishing SSL tunnel first.
My SPA2012-R does not accept all user and admin login password found on internet, but it can be reset using a phone attached to it. On the phone, enter the configuration menu (****) and try a user reset (877778#) removes user password. Factory reset (73738#) removes admin password. The reset process does not ask for any password. This is that simple! It is important that the adaptor must not connect to Internet when and after reset because as long as provision server is not removed from configuration, it always auto-provisions and locks itself right away.
After unlocking user and admin password, log into the Web GUI, remove the provision server. The Restricted Access Domain is greyed out and can not be removed. Fortunately, this restriction only applies to phone port 1 not port 2. So just configure port 2 with a SIP account and you are good to go.
Older versions of SPA2012-R can be unlocked by sniffing network traffic to find its admin password because the adaptor tries to log on iTalkBB's provision server using unencrypted message. It is not the case for my SPA2012-R. After DNS resolution, the provisioning logon starts establishing SSL tunnel first.
My SPA2012-R does not accept all user and admin login password found on internet, but it can be reset using a phone attached to it. On the phone, enter the configuration menu (****) and try a user reset (877778#) removes user password. Factory reset (73738#) removes admin password. The reset process does not ask for any password. This is that simple! It is important that the adaptor must not connect to Internet when and after reset because as long as provision server is not removed from configuration, it always auto-provisions and locks itself right away.
After unlocking user and admin password, log into the Web GUI, remove the provision server. The Restricted Access Domain is greyed out and can not be removed. Fortunately, this restriction only applies to phone port 1 not port 2. So just configure port 2 with a SIP account and you are good to go.
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