My guess would first go to what software revision are you running? My
second would be to ask that are you accidentally typing your delimiting
character?
I have tried on 6.1(2) without any problems... However, on 5.3(2) The
banner did cut off after a few lines of text.
-- Kevin
> Kevin,
>
> thanks for the info. The problem I am having is that, after typing in 5
> or 6 lines, the switch itself ends the MOTD entry and says 'banner
> motd set', even without me typing the ending delimiter. Any idea what
> could cause that ?
> Thanks for your help in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
>
>>From: "Kevin Welch"
>>Reply-To: "Kevin Welch"
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: MOTD on Cat5000/5500 [7:16137]
>>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 06:48:51 -0400
>>
>>Usage Guidelines
>>
>>The banner cannot contain more than 3,070 characters, including tabs.
>>Tabs display as eight characters but take only one character of memory.
>>
>>That is from :
>>http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat5000/rel_5_5/cmd_re
f/
>>ses_sete.htm#xtocid85598
>>
>>It would appear that this may vary depending on software image loaded
>>on the device. Hope that helps..
>>
>>-- Kevin
>>
>> > Hello colleagues,
>> >
>> > I have a question regarding the Message of the Day banner on
>> > Cat5000/5500 switches. It looks like I am limited to 255
>> > characters; do you know if this can be changed so that I can put in
>> > a banner that exceeds 255 ?
>> > Thanks for your help in advance.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Hans
>> >
>> >
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