From: Ralph (Mandela@myrealbox.com)
Date: Sat Mar 26 2005 - 11:27:53 GMT-3
If password recovery (0x2142) is not working, and you can't aux or telnet into the router, Try the following:
1. Try a different terminal software or same software with different settings.
2. Delete the flash on a working 2500, and swap it with the bad 2500 to force a rom monitor mode, then reconfigure.
HTH
-----Original Message-----
From: "Ralph" <Mandela@myrealbox.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:11:33 -0500
Subject: Re: Re: Fw: Weird Console Port Problem with 2501 and 2503 and Suggestions?
If your NVRAM has become corrupted, not sure if swapping the chips will work, NVRAM is probably on the main board.
-----Original Message-----
From: "Ralph" <Mandela@myrealbox.com>
To: ccie@madisonsolutions.net
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 08:52:54 -0500
Subject: Re: Fw: Weird Console Port Problem with 2501 and 2503 and Suggestions?
You can risk swapping the flash and RAM chips from one of the working 2500s (try the Backbones), just to see if the problem is memory related.
HTH
-----Original Message-----
From: "CCIE Group Study" <ccie@madisonsolutions.net>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:04:11 -0500
Subject: Fw: Weird Console Port Problem with 2501 and 2503 and Suggestions?
Good morning:
The problem is that two of my 2500's have stopped allowing console port
access. This is the problem:
- The terminal screen shows the boot sequence when the console port is
connected
- The router provides the "Press RETURN to get started!" but the router
does
not respond to the return key.
I have:
- Pulled the memory
- Pulled the flash
- Tried the CTRL-Break and was able to reach > but no other key stroke was
accepted.
- This is on two 2500's one 2503 and one 2501. The rest of the 2500's are
playing well together, (used for BBx routers.
What does come up:
System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 1024 Kbytes of main memory
No usable interfaces
System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 1024 Kbytes of main memory
Restricted Rights Legend
Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is
subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
(c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.
cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 3000 Bootstrap Software (IGS-RXBOOT), Version 10.2(8a), RELEASE
SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 24-Oct-95 15:46 by mkamson
Image text-base: 0x01020000, data-base: 0x00001000
cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision A) with 1020K/1024K bytes of memory.
Processor board serial number 01464422 with hardware revision 00000000
X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
ISDN software, Version 1.0.
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface.
2 Serial network interfaces.
1 ISDN Basic Rate interface.
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
Press RETURN to get started!
AT THIS POINT THE ROUTER DOES NOT RESPOND. The Ethernet port does show
activity with the switch, the Serial ports seem to work, just no access via
console. Any suggestions?
George Morton
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