From: Pieter Bloem (pbloem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jul 05 2000 - 21:34:28 GMT-3
If you cannot do a Break command, maybe your serial port is not working,
or the router Rx is dead ). Swap PC etc
Piete
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> CHIDI FRANCIS
> Sent: Wednesday, 5 July 2000 1:38
> To: CCIELAB@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Console problem
>
>
> Members, thanks for the advice. I have tried all suggested
> solutions, but no
> luck. This is obviously a strange problem to me. Router still do
> no respond
> to any keystrokes at all. Below is the output when I reloaded router
>
> Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
> IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-D-L), Version 12.0(8), RELEASE
> SOFTWARE (fc1)
> Copyright (c) 1986-1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
> Compiled Mon 29-Nov-99 14:24 by kpma
> Image text-base: 0x030386CC, data-base: 0x00001000
>
> cisco 2509 (68030) processor (revision D) with 8192K/2048K bytes
> of memory.
> Processor board ID 05228981, with hardware revision 00000000
> Bridging software.
> X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
> 1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
> 2 Serial network interface(s)
> 8 terminal line(s)
> 32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
> 16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)
>
> This is as far as I can go. No router> or router# prompt at all.
> No response
> from the router with the keystrokes. Any advice is welcomed.
> Thanks members
>
> --- Charles <mfortune@home.com> wrote:
> > I had seen something close to this a while back. The only thing that I
> > could
> > find wrong was that the config-register was somehow changed. I
> had to break
> > into the router as if I were doing password recovery and change the
> > config-register back to 0x2102 and reload. This solved the
> problem that I
> > was having. Also, see if you can get in through your aux port.
> I have had
> > other lab partners shut down my console port in the past just
> as a prank.
> > If
> > you are the only one on the box this is probably not the case.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: CHIDI FRANCIS <eejiofor@yahoo.com>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:41 PM
> > Subject: Console problem
> >
> >
> > > I need help so bad. I have 2509 connected to my pc through the console
> > port
> > > and to other 7 routers through an octal cable. Never had any
> problem till
> > > yesterday when I cannot access the router through the connsole port.
> > > Consequently, I do not have access to the other 7 routers. Have any
> > member
> > > had this problem before. I have checked and cross checked
> literally every
> > > things and it looks ok. I have tried connecting same cable to another
> > router
> > > and it works fine--it accepts command from the key board,
> however, when I
> > > connect to to this problem router it doesn't not accept
> commands from key
> > > board. I have tried reload, I can see the output but router does not
> > accept
> > > command from the key board. My last effort was to issue a
> break key and
> > then
> > > to > prompt, that works because the router did accept commands typed.
> > When
> > I
> > > reload and issue and command or enen hit my ENTER key, no
> response from
> > the
> > > router. Is this router in comma or dead forever, Any help
> will be highly
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > CHi
> > >
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