Connecting Modem to Console on 1700 series

I was not aware that you could use the console port for this... my understanding is that you must use the auxillary port.

Try knocking your modem down to 9600 baud and the other settings of

~ Hi Guys ~ ~ I currently have a cisco 1700 that I'm trying to connect a modem ~ through to the console port. ~ ~ The modem answers and says connected (see below from my management ~ station) ~ ~ tip nops ~ connected ~ attd 901322359XXX ~ CONNECT 19200/ARQ/V34/LAPM/V42BIS ~ ~ But moves no further from this prompt ~ ~ Heres a copy of the configuration of the console port on my router: ~ ~ line con 0 ~ exec-timeout 120 0 ~ password 7 xxxxxx ~ login authentication console ~ ~ Does anyone have any suggestions on succesful ways of configuring this? ~ If I connect the the AUX port it works fine. ~ ~ Cheers ~ S

The problem is likely that the answer modem has decided to set its DTE rate to 19200 bps while the console port is set to 9600 bps.

Following is some hard earned advice on connecting modems to console ports. Issue #3 is likely yours.

Cheers,

Aaron