On Nov 25, 2013 1:51 PM, "Jason Pope" <[email protected]> wrote: > > ------------------------------ > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 18:47:09 -0800 > From: David Birdsong <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: telnet into a netgear switch? > Message-ID: > <CAOMvUQfeM_Wnc= [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hey all, last night while at the datacenter I was in a pinch to extend a > rack's LAN. I compromised and ran out to the local Fry's to buy whatever > switch I could find so as to allow some configuration to happen while > we wait for the real network gear to show up. > > I left before confirming I could access the switch remotely; it was very > late and I was pretty groggy and hey, any network gear has to be > telnet'table this day and age. Of course I was mostly wrong. > > The switch expects some signed payload before allowing a telnet through. I > found this: https://code.google.com/p/netgear-telnetenable/...but I'm > having a hell of a time getting anything to respond. > > The most confounding part is the switch doesn't respond to a single SYN > packet on low ports. I'm scanning all the ports now, but if nothing shows > up, I'm not sure what a payload is good for if the switch doesn't ACK a > single SYN. > > I'm curious if anybody's got any tips besides not using Netgear in the > datacenter. > > I have the MAC, I've IP'd it via DHCP, and the model number: JGS524E and I > can power cycle the switch as much as needed. > > > P.S. long time listener, first time caller. i'm more of a sysadmin > dangerously standing in for a proper network person. > ------------------------------ > > Seems to me that you need to use their "Switch Configuration Utility" to > manage the switch. I didn't read all the documentation, but that is what > jumps out at me after a brief look. Maybe it will allow you to enable > telnet or ssh from there. See the following link: >
No windows box handy, nor the desire for that hoop. ...but what magic is a windows app going to perform to wake up an unresponsive TCP stack? > http://downloadcenter.netgear.com/en/product/JGS524E > > Jason
