Hi Folks,
I am a newbie and was trying to grasp the purpose / significance of logical lines (eg. vty, con etc) that are assigned to various interfaces.
After searching on Cisco and googling the term, I have not been able to find a document that clarified the concept. I would greatly appreciate your time and effort if you could please help me understand the same.
Warm regards,
- PinkFloyd
line con 0 - Is the serial console port that you put the blue cable in. line vty 0 4 - Are 5 "ports" that you can telnet to. 5 is the default on many platforms but you can add more if you need to.
No idea if that helps?
Hmm are you implying that I should think of all lines as ports?
I don't know.
At least I now know the answer to this:- ">>No idea if that helps?" --- Apparently not.
"ports" was probably a bad idea. "Virtual terminal" is better but sounded too complex.
If you have a router set it up, do stuff and look at the relevant show commands
e.g.
sh line clear line
"telnet router" "telnet router" (again with the other one still open)#
connect to the console port and use Hyperterminal or whatever.
Good luck.
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