David, This was exactly the problem. I thought I had removed all of the transport commands during testing, but apparently not. The command "transport preferred none" was in the vty config. Apparently this command is just for this purpose, of preventing a telnet session from being launched by a host name. Was this done for security reasons? I'm wondering why the command is needed, so to speak. I discovered the problem by logging directly into the console port on the 2511. The console port didn't have the "transport preferred none" command entered in it's config, so I could reverse telnet with just the hostname. Can someone enlighten me as to why the "transport preferred none" command is needed? Thanks, David, for your informative post. Eric --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Give this a try. Under your 5 virtual terminal > lines (vty 0 4) type in > 'transport preferred telnet' > > That should then assume telnet as the command > before you type in the > hostname (i.e routerX) > > The preferred transport is telnet by default, > but I suspect someone changed > that on your vty lines to read transport > preferred none or something like > that. Good luck, hope this helps. > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Lemmons > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 11:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Reverse Telnet > > A quick question in regard to "reverse telnet". > > I'm using a 2511 as a terminal server, and I've > defined some host names, pointing to a loopback > ip address and a line number on the router, so > that I can reverse telent to other devices > console ports. > > Here is my question, if I TELNET to the 2511, I > am not able to reverse telnet out to the other > deviceds using only the "hostname", such as > "router1", for example. > Instead, I have to type "telnet router1" to get > it to work. > > However, when I'm directly connected to the > 2511 > console port, I can reverse telnet to the other > devices just using the "hostname", such as > "router1". > > Is this the way it is suppossed to work? That > to > be able to only use the hostname to initiate a > reverse telnet session, you have to be directly > connected to the console port of the 2511? > > Any ideas would be appreicated. > > Thanks! > > Eric > > > > ===== > (James) Eric Lemmons > 512-742-1384 CELL 512-294-3450 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > ___________________________________ > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations > to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== (James) Eric Lemmons 512-742-1384 CELL 512-294-3450 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/ ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
