> From: BIKEMAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> The console cable and port work fine (9600 baud etc - have
> even tried other baud rates in case someone changed the
> default) - I can plug it into one of
> the other routers and it works fine for hours. Nothing I type
> has any effect including carraige return.
A few dumb ideas that I didn't already see go past:
- Throw hyperterm away. Putting it politely, it sucks.
Get teraterm, use teraterm, love teraterm.
- Can you telnet to the router ? Anything funny about the
con0 settings ? (e.g. I turned exec off one-time, by
accident, very confusing ;-)
- Get anything on the AUX port ? Will /it/ talk to you ?
- Can you r-telnet to the AUX port, and push bytes in /both/
directions ? (don't think you can r-telnet con0)
- Think the RS232 (serial cable voltages, etc.) might be
marginal ? I've heard urban legends about laptops etc.
that don't drive enough volts'n'amps to communicate
properly. Got another router you could r-telnet
/from/, that'd definitely drive hard enough ?
- Can you power-cycle and send a break on boot ? Can you
talk to rommon, then ? Can you erase all the
config, etc., and start from scratch, in case
something got corrupted invisibly ?
- Did both routers come from the same source ? Is it possible
that the RJ45 jacks on both consoles got damaged by
the previous owner (e.g. by plugging in RJ11 jacks)
so they only sorta work ?
- Got any warranty or smartnet on the boxes ? Call 'em in...
Let us know how, if/when you fix it; we feel your pain :-/
ObAnecdote:
Bought a 2621, plugged it up, noticed it was rebooting
every ~5mins (or more often, if pinged :-) Loaded 3 different
versions of IOS (12.0(x), 12.1(x)), still crash/reloading.
Called TAC. Engineer said, repeatedly, "it's a s/w problem!"
Asked him to call me back w/ the fix.
Called TAC back, a couple hours later.
"It's a s/w problem! I'm still investigating..."
Told him I needed a new router (#define SHOUTING, when
he tried to tell me that autosense 10/100/FD might
cause crashes/reloads :-)
Swapped the router, loaded the IOS & config. Happy.
IOW, maybe you just have Broken Stuff and you shouldn't
spend too long trying to find a software fix for a hardware
prob...
Per the other router thread, we config'd a Sun to route
to cover our butts; remember ndd /dev/ip ip_forwarding 1,
y'all :-)
Tone
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