Did you try increasing the exec-timeout value on the VTY lines? We upgrade routers across our WAN all the time.
Router(config)#line vty 0 4 Router(config-line)#exec-timeout 120 ""Sujal G. Ajmera"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED].; > Yes, I have faced this problem. > > My unsolicited advice - NEVER upgrade an IOS across a WAN link. > > Good luck. > > Sujal > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 6:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Problem of upgrading IOS for a router at remote site [7:36954] > > > Hi group, > > I run into a big problem when upgradeing IOS for a router at remote > site. I used "copy tftp: flash:" command on a Cisco 2620 router via > telnet. It first erased the existing IOS from the flash and then start > to copy the image from my tftp server, which is also running on my > laptop. But the router will close the telnet session after certain > period of idle time, and surprisingly close the tftp session as well. It > ends up that the router's flash memory has no valid IOS stored! > > There is no technical staff on that remote site, and it is more than a > thousand KMs away so I couldn't use a console cable to directly attach > to it. I repeated the above several times, watched those "!!!!!" going > on until the telnet session closed, and have to pray that there is no > power surge happened to that router before I find a solution! > > Anyone faced this problem before? Please help! > > Tony > -- > > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. > Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! > http://shopnow.netscape.com/ > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at > http://webmail.netscape.com/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=36960&t=36960 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
