Task Name
Plan a basic Taqua network with PIC2 cards and BroadWorks, an SBC and a firewall.
Date Completed
Verification / Documentation
Plan a basic Metaswitch network, including Call Agents (CFS), MetaSphere/N-Series Application Servers, Voicemail, Media Gateways, and SBC.
Create basic lines on a Metaswitch, including a non-registering PBX.
Create a registering line on the Metaswitch.
Configure a registering line to use direct media (so that calls to another similarly-configured line will have their RTP flow directly between endpoints).
Collect a packet capture from the Metaswitch.
Install BroadWorks in a standard or virtualized environment.
Configure Broadworks to allow it to make basic phone calls.
Load the NNACL or LERG into BroadWorks.
Configure BroadWorks to route all outbound PSTN calls to a single outbound gateway (instead of consulting the NNACL/LERG). This is a typical approach with some networks that only have one PSTN gateway.
Complete the BroadSoft certifications
Configure an Acme Packet OS-C system for basic SIP HNT.
Configure it for SIP Peering.
Add a sip-option.
Verify the number of active registrations.
Check the Acme Packet for evidence of SIP or MGCP retransmissions.
Download logs from an Acme Packet.
Upgrade the software on an Acme Packet.
Configure a Polycom SIP phone manually.
Manually create billable
Load Polycom SIP templates on a BroadWorks system.
Choose a widely-available language like Perl, Python, Ruby, Tcl/Expect and do these projects:
#Display the contents of a CSV file in an easy-to-read format.
#Login to a Cisco router and determine the number of interfaces that are "Up/Up".
#Read a long list of input numbers from standard input, and calculate the average, min, max, standard deviation, and count of input samples.
Based on XSLog output showing SIP signaling messages, draw a ladder diagram.
Determine which codecs are preferred, by inspecting SDP.
Determine whether packet loss occurred in an RTP stream (use Wireshark).
Determine, from a packet capture, what DSCP and 802.1q/p markings are on a packet.
Understand (and ideally configure) the rudiments of SS7 signaling, including:
# ISUP call control (what is required to configure an ISUP trunk? What are the individual channels called? What are the signaling messages used to setup and control calls?)
# Toll-free dips
# LNP dips
# CNAM dips
# CAS call control
# GR-303 call control and configuration
Explain the purpose and requirements of BITS timing.
Plan the settings for and configure a data T1 for IP service.
Plan the settings for and configure a voice T1 for Q.931 PRI service.
Plan the settings for and configure a voice T1 for CAS service.
Plan the settings for and configure a DS3 for IP service.
Write a basic HTML page with:
# Hyperlink references (a href)
# Images
# Tables
# Background colors
# A form
Create a new user account in CommuniGate Pro.
Setup a mailing list in CommuniGate Pro.
Create a MediaWiki wiki page.
Review the archives of the "techstaff" and "staff" mailing lists and collect all the policies and best practices found there.
Physically install pieces of telephone equipment.
Physically wire DC power for telecom equipment.
Make Ethernet cables compatible with ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B
Make T1 crossover cables.
Make Ethernet crossover cables.
Download a tool available as source code, and compile and use that tool. (Start small, perhaps with "graphviz".)