From: Brad Ellis (bellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 10:50:00 GMT-3
There are probably quite a few out there like that. It also works for the
other CPA models as well (2501, 2503, 2511, etc). All you need is a special
"cookie" file and you can convert the CPA router into a normal router (with
exception to the CPA 3600 line, you do NOT need a cookie for that...found
that out painfully, just load normal IOS on it!)
If anyone needs any cookie files, let me know. Ive got 'em all.
thanks,
-Brad Ellis
CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security)
Network Learning Inc
bellis@optsys.net
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Larson" <clarson52@home.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 7:22 AM
Subject: CPA 2514 (Cisco Pro yellow box) boot rompgrade
> I just wanted to follow up on the whole boot rom ios upgrade
experiencewith my
> old CPA2514.
> I finally got the boot roms and stuck them in the router. The first thing
I
> noticed upon reboot was that the router actually already had an 6 meg
flash
> chip in it but prior to the boot rom upgrade it would only address 4 megs
and
> that is all show flash said too. Now it see's the whole thing. I pooped my
> other 8 megs in there it addresses all 16 mrgs of flash. It also addresses
all
> 16 megs of mem.
>
> The last thing I noticed and someone had mentioned it here bfore to is
that my
> other routers running Enterprise IPSEC56 seem very slow to boot, show run
or
> wr mem. This old 2514 seems much quicker and I assume it must be a product
of
> the boot rom upgrade as it is running the same ios so I went ahead and
ordered
> boot roms for all my other routers as it seems to be a big dsifference in
> booting, sh run and wr mem with the new roms.
>
> Anyway, I said I would follow up before so there it is.
> If you come across these old Cisco boxes that are yellow and CPA, they are
> perfectly good routers. I actually got mine free as the person was going
to
> toss it due to the percieved flash/memory/IOS limitations. I wonder how
many
> more of these are sitting round on inventory shelves or slotted for the
trash
> because of this???
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