For the first few years of the so-called IP PBX market, Cisco quickly became the market-share leader and the telecom CPE crowd sort of collectively shrugged and said, “well, whadya expect?” There was ...

On newer routers such as the Cisco 2800 Series and 3800 Series, the serial number on the outside of the router, the processor ID, and the hardware chassis serial number are all the same.

The routers went wherever the FES went, so naming was easy. ... Or for Cisco’s network with a 3845 in Tokyo serving as a low priority voice gateway: “C-AJPTYO01-VG01-L-3845”.