Re: console server in lab

Just telnet to your console server on port 2001 and you will be
connected with serial device connected to port1. Telnet to port 2002
connects you to port 2 etc...

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 2:01 AM, Aaron Riemer <ariemer_at_amnet.net.au> wrote:
> Sorry excuse my ignorance. Not sure what you mean by 'telnet to each port
> individually on a different port' ?
>
> I could connect the console server Ethernet to one of the lab switches via a
> dedicated console vlan and then simply telnet to each box from there.
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> -Aaron.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of marc
> abel
> Sent: Friday, 8 July 2011 9:27 AM
> To: Aaron Riemer
> Cc: Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: console server in lab
>
> I agree you need to be able to see multiple windows.
>
> Can't you set your console server so that you can telnet to each port
> individually on a different port?
>
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Aaron Riemer <ariemer_at_amnet.net.au> wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>>
>>
>>
>> I have my own lab and use a console server to access all the equipment. I
>> setup sessions from the console server and then use CTRL-SHIFT-6-X to move
>> around between the devices.
>>
>>
>>
>> I can see a problem with this method however. I think it is advantageous
> to
>> have multiple windows up at once as sometimes you catch things (log
> messages
>> for example) and have more of an idea of what is going on within the
>> network. You can log but a lot of the time you won't check the logs unless
> u
>> need to.
>>
>>
>>
>> You guys with lab equipment at home. How are you going about this? I do
> not
>> want to get to used to this console server method for the actual lab.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> -Aaron.
>>
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