The console port is for trminal emulation. You connect it to the serial port
on your PC and run something like terminal.exe or HyperTerminal to do your
config. The console port doen't get an IP address. If you want to telnet it
goes through e0, s0, s1, etc. using IP. Hope this was helpful.
Moshe
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deepak Sharma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:58 AM
> To: cisco
> Subject: console port
>
>
> general question....pretty simple..but it is really confusing
> for me...
>
> if im telneting to a router...and im coming in through the
> console port,
> i think its the console port.. (216.54.*.*)......but the router is
> "dumb" ( no configuration whatsoever)...3 interfaces, e0, s0,
> s1...i've
> giving those interfaces inter ip addresses (10.*.*.* etc, )...
>
> i try to ping an outside ip address.....mine for instance 24.115.*.*
>
> but that fails.....
>
> i try to set the default gate-way as the same ip address i
> came in from
> (216.54.*.*), i know thats a long shot....but ofcourse that
> dosent help
> either =(
>
> any suggestions???
>
> thankyou all for the 4th time this week!!!!!
>
> Deepak
>
>
>
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