Greetings;
Bought two routers from eBay (...), and am unable to connect to either one of them using HyperTerminal or TerraTerm to issue a Ctrl+Break sequence key; For the 2501, once attempted to issue the command for ROMmon mode, the following is shown and frozen, and unable to type in anything (not accepting input):
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>> 2501:
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System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(8a), RELEASE SOFTWARE Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 8192 Kbytes of main memory
F3: 15405292+889440+952984 at 0x3000060 =FF 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) 2500 Software (C2500-IS-L), Version 12.3(1a), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-2003 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Fri 06-Jun-03 07:46 by dchih Image text-base: 0x0307F6E8, data-base: 0x00001000
cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision F) with 8192K/2048K bytes of memory. Processor board ID 05262494, with hardware revision 00000000 Bridging software. X=2E25 software, Version 3.0.0.
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
2 Serial network interface(s)
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
16384K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
The cursor blinks, but unable to accept any input.
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>> This is for the 2502:
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System Bootstrap, Version 5.2(5), RELEASE SOFTWARE Copyright (c) 1986-1994 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 4096 Kbytes of main memory
F3: 3268680+81304+204996 at 0x3000060 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) 3000 Software (IGS-I-L), Version 11.0(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 18-Dec-95 17:49 by alanyu Image text-base: 0x0301C8DC, data-base: 0x00001000
cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision D) with 4092K/2048K bytes of memory. Processor board ID 02423674, with hardware revision 00000000 Bridging software. X=2E25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.
1 Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 interface.
2 Serial network interfaces.
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
4096K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)
Press RETURN to get started!
%LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0, changed state to down %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial1, changed state to down %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface TokenRing0, changed state to dow n %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0, changed state to down %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial1, changed state to down %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted -- Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software IOS (tm) 3000 Software (IGS-I-L), Version 11.0(4), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1) Copyright (c) 1986-1995 by cisco Systems, Inc. Compiled Mon 18-Dec-95 17:49 by alanyu %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface TokenRing0, changed state to administratively down
Just hags here..
The issue is, I do not see the terminal emulators to be pushing through my input, or there is a communication problem (serial) or a router problem (IOS size, memory full, fragments, etc...). What is the next step?
Please do advise, thank you.
Nick