From: josh@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 13:05:29 GMT-3
Is the router @ a boot prompt (i.e.router(boot)?) If so, there is a whole
set of commands which you can run such as loading a new image. Type i and
press enter and this will automatically restart the router.
Josh
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Jason T. Rohm
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 3:52 PM
To: 'Jay Hennigan'
Cc: Ccielab (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Factory Test Mode?
Jay,
Thanks for the ideas. However, it will not respond to any input, so actions
at the console are futile... what I am looking for is more of a hardware
solution. Maybe a factory reset button that can be shorted with the cover
off?
I have entertained the idea that maybe it is just plain plain FUBAR... but
that would not be my favorite answer.
-Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Hennigan [SMTP:jay@west.net]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 12:04 AM
To: Jason T. Rohm
Cc: Ccielab (E-mail)
Subject: Re: Factory Test Mode?
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Jason T. Rohm wrote:
> I have a stumper...
>
> A cow-orker of mine managed to mess up a 2501 router. The router has
> reverted to some sort of factory test mode that I am not familiar with.
>
> The symptoms are this:
>
> The console transmits at 2400 baud, but does not respond to input.
> I can see the router doing a startup routine that is not normal. At the
end
> of the routine it asks if I would like to set the memory to "Factory
Memory
> settings" or something similar. It does not accept any key entries.
> It will then start randomly resetting interfaces.
> If I let it run for about 20 minutes, it will finally get to the point
> where it asks to start the initial configuration dialog.
After it asks for the configuration dialog, or in the banners immediately
before that, look for its configuration register settings.
You can see it as the last line in "sho ver".
If you can get it enabled, set config-register to 0x2102 and reboot.
Depending on how badly he hosed it, this ought to work. Otherwise,
you may have to send it a break and get into ROM monitor mode, wipe
its config and reboot. If the image on flash is corrupt, you can get
it to RX-boot mode and tftp a new image.
Good practice for troubleshooting... :-)
-- Jay Hennigan - Network Administration - jay@west.net NetLojix Communications, Inc. NASDAQ: NETX - http://www.netlojix.com/ WestNet: Connecting you to the planet. 805 884-6323
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