Every so often we'll get in a 2501 router that'll not respond to teraterm, CRT, hyperterm, etc. When we disable RTS/CTS - then we can get into the router. Don't know the reason, my co-worker said he found some link on CCO about it.
Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; Cc: ; Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 12:36 PM Subject: RE: Stupid 2500 confreg question > Try setting the flow control in Hyperterm to None, that should do the trick. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: MADMAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 05 March 2002 16:46 > To: Craig Columbus > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Stupid 2500 confreg question > > > Yes, a few times. Way back I hd that problem with hypeterm, switched > to terterm and things worked better. I know have a couple of 2500's in > the lab that I cannot talk to via the console but that otherwise work > fine, I think they're just old and tired and I don't feeled inclined to > spend much time trying to figure out why though you may want to stick a > breakout box on the console and check the output. > > Dave > > Craig Columbus wrote: > > > > Has anyone run into an issue where a 2500 series router won't respond to > > console input? > > Here's the deal: > > The PC is running 9600-8-N-1 and is connected to the 2500 console port. > > The router has had nvram erased and is being booted for the first time. > > Upon boot, the normal boot process is seen on the monitor screen. > > When prompted to enter configuration dialogue, it's not possible to input > > anything on the router. Typing does nothing and there is no response from > > the router. > > If Ctrl-F6-Break is pressed during boot, the router goes to the > prompt, > > but after that, the router still won't accept any input from the console > port. > > > > Has anyone experienced this issue? Is this a config register problem? If > > so, is there a fix other than experimenting with different settings on the > > PC side? If not, does anyone have an answer? Could it be bad boot ROM? > > > > Thanks, > > Craig > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Commercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html > > Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. > -- > David Madland > Sr. Network Engineer > CCIE# 2016 > Qwest Communications Int. Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 612-664-3367 > > "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" > _________________________________________________________________ > Commercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html > Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. > _________________________________________________________________ > Commercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html > Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=37299&t=37299 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]