From: Brian Hescock (bhescock@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jun 14 2000 - 19:28:59 GMT-3
Ok, I give, it works... ;-) Perhaps all the times we tried to get it to
work (in a former life) it didn't work because we were dialed into the
terminal server. But it does work, I just did it in the lab... so it
should work just fine in the ccie lab.
Brian
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Price, Jamie wrote:
> Is this along the same lines of what you guys are talking about? I tried to
> be specific.
>
> I have a 2509 using an octal cable so that I can reverse telnet to a bunch
> of 2600's. When I am on my workstation- win95 using hyperterminal -
> accessing the terminal server through the console port, using reverse telnet
> I can reload the 2600's, do a ctrl-break within hyperterminal to break into
> ROMMON on the 2600's and dont have the need for my workstation to be
> directly connected to the 2600's.
>
> In effect I can do password recovery on any one of my 2600's without the
> need to be consoled into them.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Hescock
> To: Gerard Robinson
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Sent: 6/14/00 4:35 PM
> Subject: Re: password recovery
>
> So you're saying you can reload your router, do the break sequence
> through
> the terminal server, and do password recovery? Or are you just saying
> you
> can do <ctrl><shift>-6-x to go between routers? The latter is normal
> but
> can you do the first one without doing it from a workstation running
> unix? What sequence did you use (to do it through the terminal server)?
>
> Brian
>
> On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Gerard Robinson wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I have a 2511 set up as a terminal server and break does get
> passed
> > through to the current session so a direct connection is not required.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Brian Hescock <bhescock@cisco.com>
> > To: Rob Barton <rob.barton@telus.com>
> > Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: password recovery
> >
> >
> > > There is a string you can send that involves the brackets [ or
> something
> > > like that but I believe it only works if doing it from a unix box.
> Other
> > > than that I believe you would need to connect directly to the router
> to do
> > > the break sequence.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Rob Barton wrote:
> > >
> > > > I think a pretty good troubleshooting trick they might play would
> be to
> > > > change your enable password on a router. The Caslow book goes
> through
> > > > how to hack the enable password on 2500 and 36xx series routers.
> > > >
> > > > The question is: to get into rommon mode, you need to press the
> "break"
> > > > key; is there any way to get this to work through a terminal
> server, or
> > > > do you need to connect your PC directly to the conslole port of
> the
> > > > router in question?
> > > >
> > > > - Rob.
> > > >
> > > >
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