Hello! I mistakenly did the shutdown command on the Vlan interface on one of my switches. Now I am unable to telnet into the switch with its IP address or even ping the switch. The switch is up and operational but I need to get on to issue the no shutdown command on the interface. I tried connecting a rollover cable to it with a Windows 98 laptop. I used Hyperterminal and set the options to connect with the com port. However, I do not get a prompt to logon to the switch. I am not sure what I can be doing wrong. Please help me. I need to get this working asap. The IOS is 12.2. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Cisco 4000 Switch Interface Shutdown 3
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If it killed you as soon as you did the shut , then just reload the switch and it will load the config without the shutdown command . The flat black cisco cable that came with the switch should work , I would look at your terminal emulator . Personally I would download Tera Term terminal emulator and use that , hyperterm can be a pain in the you know what . 9600, 8,n, 1 is the settings.
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Yes - as soon as I typed in sh, it hung up and I had to just close my telnet session. When you say to reload, do you mean power cycle the switch?
I just downloaded something called Koala Term because I was thinking that HyperTerminal is just acting flaky or something. I did have the correct terminal settings 9600, 8, 1, none. I wasn't getting any prompt though, just like I wasn't connected. I am plugging the RJ45 flat cable into the Console port on the switch, there is also a 10/100 mgmt port and I tried that too, got nothing.
I just downloaded something called Koala Term because I was thinking that HyperTerminal is just acting flaky or something. I did have the correct terminal settings 9600, 8, 1, none. I wasn't getting any prompt though, just like I wasn't connected. I am plugging the RJ45 flat cable into the Console port on the switch, there is also a 10/100 mgmt port and I tried that too, got nothing.
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I once had troubles as well connecting to a switch via the Console cable with a Laptop.
My solution was, insert the console cable on both ends then power up the laptop, start windows and use Hyperterm with the 9600,8,n,1 settings. Restarting the Laptop didn't work either.
Is the console port logon disabled by the IOS? If so, then there's no alternative than to power down the switch and power up again.
My solution was, insert the console cable on both ends then power up the laptop, start windows and use Hyperterm with the 9600,8,n,1 settings. Restarting the Laptop didn't work either.
Is the console port logon disabled by the IOS? If so, then there's no alternative than to power down the switch and power up again.
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I think he means to do a show run and see if line con 0 (the console port) has any weird configuration. It should say
line con 0
password cisco -*optional
login
I don't see why it would be disabled.
also, maybe the cable is bad.
If there is a spare desktop computer around , try moving it over to your switch.
The fastest solution would be to power cycle the switch. Assuming you have done a copy running-config startup-config in the past, the switch will load the configuration that was saved.
To be sure, Here are the correct hyperterminal settings
bits per second 9600
data bits 8
parity none
stop bits 1
flow control none
line con 0
password cisco -*optional
login
I don't see why it would be disabled.
also, maybe the cable is bad.
If there is a spare desktop computer around , try moving it over to your switch.
The fastest solution would be to power cycle the switch. Assuming you have done a copy running-config startup-config in the past, the switch will load the configuration that was saved.
To be sure, Here are the correct hyperterminal settings
bits per second 9600
data bits 8
parity none
stop bits 1
flow control none
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