Yep -- that was mean!! Fortunately I have a thick "litigator" skin!!! To be honest, I don't pretend to be a "know-it-all" in this field -- simply an ardent career-changer (after 27 years as a professor/attorney) and am enjoying the intellectual challenge of learning new subject matter.
As for your remarks -- while it doesn't bother me personally -- think about the "chilling effect" of caustic criticism on other newbies and persons who have temporarily lost their way and need to reach out for help. I thought that's what this list was all about. We are here to help one another to learn and hopefully master this subject matter. While some members are at more advanced stages than others, it doesn't help to rub it in, when someone makes a faux pas. Otherwise, we're going to have more lurkers and fewer active participants!!! I know that I am somewhat intimidated to ask for help -- when I've seen the extraneous unnecessary remarks directed towards the seekers of help! Instead of laying out my questions more frequently, I tend to do the research myself -- which is both good and bad. This list is a learning tool -- for everyone! I think if someone possesses the knowledge to help others and they are willing to offer such advice and info -- they should limit themselves to the giving of the advice and restrain their instincts to rip someone to shreds for asking a "stupid question" -- or -- asking it in a stupid manner!!! Just my .02 cents!! -- as I'm putting on my asbestos suit in preparation of being flamed! Have a great weekend! Greg Macaulay Oldest Human Being preparing for the CCIE Lab Lifetime AARP member Retired Attorney/Law Professor > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nobody@;groupstudy.com] > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 5:23 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Problems w/Hyperterminal?? [7:56619] > > > OK, sorry, that was mean. :-] > > I'll spell it out instead. > > When you use HyperTerminal, you are essentially turning your PC into a > keyboard with a CRT, or what used to be called a Dumb Terminal. > The paradigm > for Cisco router management comes from the days before personal computers. > Teletype typewriter-like devices attached to the console port of > a mainframe > or minicomputer. Then, an advancement occurred and terminals got > Cathode Ray > Tubes (CRTs!) But they were essentially still just typewriters > with a video > display. That's what your PC becomes when you use HyperTerminal. > > There's some good history at this site which talks about the DEC VT100 > terminal: > > http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal/dec.html > > Whether you use HyperTerminal in serial COM1 or Telnet TCP/IP > Winsock mode, > you are esentially still just typing on a typewriter that > controls the router. > > When you type ping, it works because the Cisco IOS has a ping > command. It's > no different that what happens when you type "show run" or those other > commands I mentioned. > > Priscilla > > > Creighton Bill-BCREIGH1 wrote: > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > > > > >You can "erase startup" and "reload" in HyperTerminal too. > > >I highly recommend you try it. Let us know what happens. > > > > > > > April Fools Day come early or late this year?? ;) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:nobody@;groupstudy.com] > > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 3:56 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Problems w/Hyperterminal?? [7:56619] > > > > > > Greg Macaulay wrote: > > > > > > Stop the presses -- > > > > > > I solved the problem!!!! > > > > Great! > > > > > > > > (1) I needed to have connectivity between the router and my > > LAN. So I > > > connected the E0 interface to the Cable-Modem Router (10/100). > > > (2) Then I configured the E0 interface to be on the same > > subnet > > > as my LAN. > > > > > > And much to my "aged" amazement (and relief!) -- it worked. > > > > > > BTW -- one can ping in hyperterminal -- from the router to > > the PCs on > > > the LAN. > > > > > > Cork>ping 192.168.1.101 > > > > How can you be a lawyer and be OK with using such imprecise > > language as > > "ping in HyperTerminal." Please assure me that you understand > > what you're > > really doing when you type characters in HyperTerminal. > > > > You can "erase startup" and "reload" in HyperTerminal too. I > > highly > > recommend you try it. Let us know what happens. > > > > Priscilla > > > > > Type escape sequence to abort. > > > Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.1.101, timeout is 2 > > > seconds: > > > !!!!! > > > Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = > > 1/2/4 ms > > > Cork>ping 192.168.1.103 > > > Type escape sequence to abort. > > > Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.1.103, timeout is 2 > > > seconds: > > > !!!!! > > > Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = > > 1/2/4 ms > > > Cork> > > > > > > Lastly, thanks for your offers of assistance. I do feel a > > bit stupid > > > in bothering everyone. But it's been a few months since I > > fired > > > up these > > > routers and I overlooked some basics!! Oh well . . . . > > > > > > Thanks again -- and I owe you one. > > > > > > Greg Macaulay > > > Oldest Human Being preparing for the CCIE Lab > > > Lifetime AARP member > > > Retired Attorney/Law Professor > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:nobody@;groupstudy.com] > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:00 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: RE: Problems w/Hyperterminal?? [7:56619] > > > > > > > > > > > > Creighton Bill-BCREIGH1 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How can you ping from a DOS prompt if the destination is > > crossing > > > > > a repeater with a speed mismatch? A FastEthernet-only hub > > won't > > > > > allow comms between > > > > > 10Mb/s devices, so if you wouldn't have any visibility to > > > that > > > > > device, > > > > > whether from a DOS prompt, Hyperterminal, or anything... > > > > > > > > > Good point. If a station can send a packet, such as a ping, > > > it's unlikely > > > > that there are any physical or data-link-layer problems. If > > it can't > > > > receive a packet, it makes sense to look above those > > layers. There > > > are some > > > > unidirectional problems, but they are pretty rare. Some > > protocols, > > > > including STP, deal with the infamous "one-way > > connectivity" > > > > problem, > > > but I bet it > > > > happens pretty rarely. > > > > > > > > I had a new theory about what would cause his symptoms, or > > at > > > least what I > > > > think his symptoms are: > > > > > > > > PC can ping router. > > > > PC can Telnet to router?? (we're not sure if he's Telnetting > > > or not) > > > > Router can't ping PC. > > > > Router can't TFTP a file to the PC. > > > > > > > > Possible explanation: the PC is running a firewall! From my > > > > knowledge of the default behavior of many personal > > firewalls, this > > > > seems > > > rather likely. > > > > > > > > There could be an access list on the router too that could > > > cause this. > > > > > > > > Gotta run. I promise no more messages on this topic! ;-) > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > > > > > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > > > www.troubleshootingnetworks.com > > > > www.priscilla.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56740&t=56619 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
