[olug] Terminal Settings for Catalyst Routers

[Dan Clough]

I've got a Cisco Catalyst 4006 (Supervisor II) that doesn't want to play
nice with any terminals I've hooked up to it.  Upon firing up the switch
with <insert terminal here> attached to the console port, it outputs all the
expected data and boots up normally.  What's not normal, however, is that
the switch won't accept any input from the terminal.  No Ctrl-C to prevent
autoboot, no break signal, nothing.

 

I've tried 4 other Supervisor II cards, all of which do the same exact
thing.  Numerous posts on the internets have cited improper terminal
emulation/terminal settings as the culprit (and yet made no hints as to the
proper setting -  Joyous!), and explicitly said that the switch is not at
fault.  Jay and I spent about 45 minutes at RTU tinkering with a Wyse 325
trying to find the right terminal setting, but nothing worked.

 

I've tried a dumb Wyse 325, minicom on 3 separate Linux boxen, HyperTerminal
on  M$ Windows 2000 and PuTTY's Serial setting.  I've been googling and
tinkering for the past 24 hours so I think it's time to tap into the
limitless power of the community.  Can anybody shed any light on the
situation?

 

Dan