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Router 2612 issue -- Please help me!!!

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CiscoNewbie102

CiscoNewbie102

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Aug 18, 2009
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Hello Experts,
I am new to Cisco area and bought a 2612 router and playing around. My laptop doesn't has a serial port so I am using RJ45-DB9 and DB9 to USB to connect the router and my laptop. I have been trying and trying but the I am only able to see some out from the router when I turn on the router power.

Here is the output:
---

System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 32768 Kbytes of main memory

program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x71f038
Self decompressing the image : #################################################
########################################################################## [OK]

Smart Init is enabled
smart init is sizing iomem
ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE
000093 0X000A6200 C2600 Single Ethernet, Single Token Ring
000043 0X00027A80 Single port Ethernet CPU
0X00098670 public buffer pools
0X00211000 public particle pools
TOTAL: 0X003772F0

If any of the above Memory Requirements are
"UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported
configuration or there is a software problem and
system operation may be compromised.
Rounded IOMEM up to: 4Mb.
Using 12 percent iomem. [4Mb/32Mb]

Restricted Rights Legend

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is
subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
(c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706



Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-C-M), Version 12.3(22), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 24-Jan-07 16:49 by ccai
Image text-base: 0x80008098, data-base: 0x80C6AB80

cisco 2612 (MPC860) processor (revision 0x102) with 28672K/4096K bytes of memory
.
Processor board ID JAD05220P2C (1918785212)
M860 processor: part number 0, mask 49
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
TN3270 Emulation software.
2 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
1 Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 interface(s)
1 Serial network interface(s)
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)



Press RETURN to get started!


*Mar 1 00:00:08.365: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0/0, changed state to up

00:00:08: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0/0, changed state to down
00:00:08: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet1/0, changed state to up
00:00:09: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0/0, changed s
tate to up
00:00:09: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
00:00:09: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0/0, changed sta
te to down
00:00:09: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet1/0, changed s
tate to down
00:00:11: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial0/0, changed state to administrativel
y down
00:00:11: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface TokenRing0/0, changed state to administrati
vely down
00:00:11: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet1/0, changed state to administrativ
ely down
00:00:12: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-C-M), Version 12.3(22), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 24-Jan-07 16:49 by ccai
00:00:12: %SNMP-5-COLDSTART: SNMP agent on host Router is undergoing a cold star
t
00:00:12: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface TokenRing0/0, changed
state to down
00:00:13: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0/0, changed s
tate to down


----------------

Can anyone please tell why I am not seeing the prompt? I am not sure whether this router taking any command (Return) from my laptop or not. I don't know how to check that.

Thank you,
 
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You obviously have the right speed.
Change the flow control to "None" and try again.

Also, if the router isn't new it may have some old config on it - get the configuration guide for that model and go through the procedure for booting it up with no config on it:

Press Break on the terminal keyboard within 60 seconds of power up in order to put the router into ROMMON.

Type confreg 0x2142 at the rommon 1> prompt in order to boot from Flash.

Type reset at the rommon 2> prompt.

Press Ctrl-C in order to skip the initial setup procedure.

Type enable at the Router> prompt.

You are in enable mode and should see the Router# prompt.
 
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Hi, thank you for your response.
I set the flow control to "None" but no luck this time to...
Seems the router taking the input from my keyboard..
Here is the output:
---


System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 32768 Kbytes of main memory

program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x71f038
################################################################################
################
System Bootstrap, Version 11.3(2)XA4, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1999 by cisco Systems, Inc.
TAC:Home:SW:IOS:Specials for info
C2600 platform with 32768 Kbytes of main memory

program load complete, entry point: 0x80008000, size: 0x71f038
Self decompressing the image : #################################################
########################################################################## [OK]

Smart Init is enabled
smart init is sizing iomem
ID MEMORY_REQ TYPE
000093 0X000A6200 C2600 Single Ethernet, Single Token Ring
000043 0X00027A80 Single port Ethernet CPU
0X00098670 public buffer pools
0X00211000 public particle pools
TOTAL: 0X003772F0

If any of the above Memory Requirements are
"UNKNOWN", you may be using an unsupported
configuration or there is a software problem and
system operation may be compromised.
Rounded IOMEM up to: 4Mb.
Using 12 percent iomem. [4Mb/32Mb]

Restricted Rights Legend

Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is
subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph
(c) of the Commercial Computer Software - Restricted
Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.

cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706



Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-C-M), Version 12.3(22), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 24-Jan-07 16:49 by ccai
Image text-base: 0x80008098, data-base: 0x80C6AB80

cisco 2612 (MPC860) processor (revision 0x102) with 28672K/4096K bytes of memory
.
Processor board ID JAD05220P2C (1918785212)
M860 processor: part number 0, mask 49
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
TN3270 Emulation software.
2 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
1 Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 interface(s)
1 Serial network interface(s)
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read/Write)



Press RETURN to get started!


*Mar 1 00:00:08.365: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0/0, changed state to up

00:00:08: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0/0, changed state to down
00:00:08: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet1/0, changed state to up
00:00:09: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0/0, changed s
tate to up
00:00:09: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
00:00:09: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0/0, changed sta
te to down
00:00:09: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet1/0, changed s
tate to down
00:00:11: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial0/0, changed state to administrativel
y down
00:00:11: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface TokenRing0/0, changed state to administrati
vely down
00:00:11: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet1/0, changed state to administrativ
ely down
00:00:12: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2600 Software (C2600-C-M), Version 12.3(22), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Technical Support: Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 24-Jan-07 16:49 by ccai
00:00:12: %SNMP-5-COLDSTART: SNMP agent on host Router is undergoing a cold star
t
00:00:12: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface TokenRing0/0, changed
state to down
00:00:13: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0/0, changed s
Typing here.......It looks this router taking inpur from the keyboard...........
..

-------------

I reloaded the router and then did press the brake key. Even this doesn't give me the prompt to enter commands...

Is this router in working condition?

thank you
 
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thank you for your response.

"Taking the input from my keyboard" or "not taking the input from my keyboard"?
---

I can NOT able to type anything first.
After performing the following 3 steps, then only I could I able to see on the terminal output:

(1)In BIOS:
1. enabled "Serial Port"
2. Set the Resource addres to 3F8 and IRQ to 4

(2)Drivers:
1. Installed Prolific USB-to-Serial driver and set the port to COM4 ( The driver installed when the USB plugged into the USB port)tek

(3)In HyperTerminal,
File-->Properties-->Settings Tab-->ASCII Setup...-->Check "Echo Typed characters locally"--> OK and OK
----


Does the Break key get you to the ROmmon> prompt? NO


At any point, I was not able to get the prompt with this router....

Please let me know if there is any other way that I could make it work

thank you.


 
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Is there any way that I could use the RJ45/RJ45 rollover cable to connect both my laptop(Ethernet port) and router(console port) ends?

 
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It's working now. Re-Installation of the USB-to-Serial cable drivers solved the issue.

thank you for your informaiton..
 
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Yet another problem caused by the USB-Serial converter rubbish...........what a great example of new technology that makes the world a *worse* place than before.
 
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That would be Windows, Vince, not the converter. I have never had a problem with Linux (drivers already built-in for Prolific USB-To-Serial).

/

tim@tim-laptop ~ $ sudo apt-get install windows
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package windows...Thank Goodness!
 
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