Thanks to everyone who helped with this issue. As it turned out, something strange had happened to the flash. The flash chips were replaced with known-good chips and the problem went away. Live and learn!
Thanks again, Craig At 02:29 PM 3/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks for the top Sean. I found the article and it's the best lead so >far. I'll test this afternoon. > >Thanks! >Craig > >At 01:22 PM 3/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >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=37400&t=37400 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]