1600 flashcard dreams

[wybnormal]

I just picked up a 1602 for a good price, actually, they are almost always a good price nobody seems to want them for lab work even though you can run 56K back to back.. go figure.

ANyways.. it came with a 6 meg SMART flashcard and some flavor of IOS loaded on it. It's RO which surprises me.. I did not think the flashcards would be read only.. I know the card is much more like a PCMCIA TypeII ( thicker then my 8 meg flash) No switches for protection etc.. I guess the question is twofold.. is it really RO in the router? Is there someway to reload a IOS on it? Not having many flashcards to play with, I'm winging it a bit here.

All advice welcomed

Mike S
"Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock" Wynn Catlin

 

[jeter]

how much DRAM is in the router? also check out this site.

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios112/ios112p/1600ps/rn1600p.htm

Good Luck!! J.Fisher CCNA
Jeter@LasVegas.com

 

[jeter]

I just realized it was you Mike asking the question. Thats like a first.. HAHAHA J.Fisher CCNA
Jeter@LasVegas.com

 

[wybnormal]

I thought my asking a question might get a response like this ;-)

I could not find anything in the docs that explains how the card could be read only. The only thing I can guess is the card was loaded somehow on a different router(?) and then installed.

For the record, the part number is

SMART SM9FA30631C280 and current has IOS 11.3 firewall on it. It *is* the proper load for the 1602.

Mike S
"Diplomacy; the art of saying 'nice doggie' till you can find a rock" Wynn Catlin