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Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 10:31 PM
Subject: Console ports and limitations of serial ports.... [7:17809]
> I'm wondering how do you guys console into more then two routers at the
same
> time? being that my pc only comes with 2 serial ports adding more ports
1. manual RS-232 switchbox
2. terminal server, which is a device with multiple asynchronous ports that
you can cable into console ports and reverse-telnet into (look up 'reverse
telnet' on www.cisco.com). cisco terminal servers are the 2509, 2510, 2511,
and 2512 (and the CS-500, lest I forget the olden products). You can then
put the terminal server on the same Ethernet as your PC, telnet into the
terminal server multiple times, and open one reverse telnet session per
terminal server login. With basic IOS, you can run as many as 5
simultaneous telnet sessions to the terminal server, giving you 5 console
sessions at the same time.
> would add another set of serial ports but would only work if one or the
> other
> set of serial ports on my motherboard weren't active. However this is
just
> a
> small solution..what happens if you have 100 routers...20 switches
etc...are
> we to hook up that many serial ports....? I find this too hard to
In a production environment, I do indeed telnet to those routers and
switches, and sometimes will have 8 telnet sessions running simultaneously,
Alt-Tabbing between them as I issue commands.
> believe...I know there is a telnet feature...but how does this work...can
> someone setup an example...I have 4 routers currently and Im alternating
> between serial ports and came to the conclusion that there had to be a
> solution...a simple solution. let me know guys.
>
> thank you
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