It can be done, but your telnet program has to support the break sequence. The telnet program that ships with win98 won't do it, but if you use hyperterm as your telnet client, that does work, depending on the OS. The version of hyperterm that ships with win98 supports the break sequence, but the one that ships with Windows NT doesn't. Those are the only ones I've messed with to see if the password recovery works or not. Here's my setup:
Using hyperterm, I telnet into a 2509 router, that has an octal cable plugging into several other routers' console ports. From there, if I or one of my students want to do the password recovery procedure just for practice, that's no problem. I console into the router from the 2509, and I enable, type reload, and as the router reboots, I hit Ctrl-break. No problem. Where you run into problems is if you actually need to do a password recovery because you don't know the enable password. Either you need to call someone on site and ask them to reboot the router, or there are products by APC (and others I'm sure) that will let you remotely power-cycle a router. hth, Hal Logan Network Specialist / Adjunct Faculty Computing and Engineering Technology Manatee Community College > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean Wu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 4:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Send BREAK to console thru term server [7:27572] > > > How can we send a "BREAK" signal via telnet session? > > I access some device via terminal server, the only thing I am > wondering is > how to send a BREAK so that I can do password recovery. > > thanks. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=27669&t=27572 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
