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| pulprock 2001-03-28, 3:16 am |
| Hello everyone. I would really appreciate it if someone could help me out. I have connected my 2501 Router to the serial port on a laptop with a console cable. When I start the router and begin a hyperterminal session the initialization procedure begins and continues to a point before stopping and hanging up. That's as far as it goes. The last line of code is 'Compiled Wed 13-Oct-99 21:20 by phanguye'. The router is running IOS 12. I have attached a file with a copy of the readout before it hangs up.
Thanks to all of you for all of your help.
Mike. | |
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| Who is phanguye? Are there any cables hooked up or even loopbacks? Sounds like the router is bad. Where did you get it? | |
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Originally posted by Bernie
Who is phanguye?
phanguye is the username of the person who compiled the image. | |
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| are you sure you are using the right settings in your hyperterminal?????? Was the router working before and if so what has changed??? | |
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| I have doublechecked the Hyperterminal settings. The router was working before. All that has changed is the PC and console cable that I am using to connect to it. | |
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Originally posted by pulprock
I have doublechecked the Hyperterminal settings. The router was working before. All that has changed is the PC and console cable that I am using to connect to it.
Looks to me like your enter key character isn't getting to the router. You may be getting rx but not tx over your console cable.
HTH,
doctorcisco | |
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| That sounds like a good explaination of what may be happening. I will try using a different console cable. Thank you. | |
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| you also said you were using a different PC. after you check the cable (if it turns out not to be your problem) you might want to try a different PC to make sure that the laptop and its software are functioning properly. (remember the old floppy drive scenario on the A+ test) | |
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| Thank you all for your very helpful suggestions. It works fine with a different PC. For some reason the laptop is not communicating with the router. The router does not accept tx from the laptop. Pressing <cr> has no effect.
However with a different PC, I have no problem. I am using the same console cable. |
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