Thanks for the insight!    I'm aware of how to use the aux port to
connect modems. I'm using that scenario with 2 external modems and a
teltone POTS simulator to do DDR. Works pretty good.

Tim



On 29 May 2001 11:22:31 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Hire, Ejay")
wrote:

>Reverse telnet allows you to connect a modem or any serial device to the AUX
>port or Async port of a Router and telnet to the modem or serial device.  An
>example of this in real life is...  If a company has branch offices with a
>Catalyst 2924XL switch and a 2620 router.  You can connect the 2924 switches
>Console port to the Aux port of the 2620 (may/probably require adapter, see
>CCO).  In this example, with the 2620 having an IP of 10.0.0.1, the
>following command would connect you to the console port of the 2924....
>telnet 10.0.0.1 2001....  (Actually, I think on a 2620, the Aux port starts
>at 64, so the command would be telnet 10.0.0.1 2065)  But anyway, you kind
>of get the idea.  The Aux port can also be connected to a modem and you can
>reverse telnet to the modem...   (Great for calling those out-of-state
>BBS's... "yes boss, I was testing!") and unrelated to Reverse telnet, you
>can configure an aux-port modem for ddr... But we'll save that discussion
>for another day.
>
>Ejay Hire
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Ouellette) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, May 25, 2001 8:50 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Question regarding Reverse Telnet [7:5999]
>
>
>Thanks for being a good group of informed people, it really benefits
>people like me who can absorb knowledge from you folks.
>
>My question is:
>
>Does anyone have a simple way of describing reverse telnet. I've read
>up on it and I do understand the port numbers started at 2000 and some
>of the configuration steps to setup a cisco 2509-2512.  However I am
>just wondering if maybe someone could put it in plain english how it
>works so I can really understand it.  Thanks a bunch!
>
>Tim
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