Ole,
Believe it or not, I had that SAME PROBLEM about 3 months ago on my home lab
and walked away from the keyboard after trying to troubleshoot it for 2
hours!! I came back and was getting ready to depress the cap lock, when I
noticed the scroll lock key!!!
DAMN STUPID !!
:)
Rob H. NP, DP, blah,blah,blah........
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ole Drews Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:19 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: True story about console port access problem [7:17860]
>
>
> Let me tell you a little story this rainy Thursday morning in Texas.
>
> I thought I had seen most problems with console port access - the flow
> control that is set to hardware instead of none, the cable being wrong,
etc.
> But, I was wrong!
>
> I was trying to get access to a 2924, but could only see output. It would
> not react to anything I typed. I was using the standard Hyper Terminal
that
> comes with NT.
>
> Okay, my first thought was that the PC I was using was just weird (which
it
> is btw), so I tried a different PC - same problem.
>
> Then I tried another cable - same problem.
>
> Then I tried another cable with another terminal adapter (rj45 to db9) -
> same problem.
>
> Then I tried another cisco device that I had telnet access to also - same
> problem.
>
> Then I telnettet into the cisco device to verify the 9600/N/8/1 - no
> problem.
>
> Then I tried a cisco device that I just pulled out of the box, so I was
sure
> that there was no restrictions or anything on it - same problem.
>
> After an hour of playing around with cables, adapters, settings and all, I
> happened to look at the keyboard, and I noticed that Scroll Lock was on.
The
> keyboard is connected to a keyboard/mouse/monitor switch where you get the
> menu by clicking the scroll lock. After I turned scroll lock off,
everything
> worked just fine.
>
> The reason for this e-mail is to save you guys out there time, and prevent
> you from start throwing around with the equipment because of frustration.
> Simply check the scroll lock, and you have found or ruled out one cause.
>
> Hope you found this a good little lesson to add in your trouble shooting
> book.
>
> Have a great day,
>
> Ole
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