Setup 2509 Terminal

Delirious

I'm trying to follow these brief instructions, but im kinda confused about the part where it adds the devices connected to the router. When it says "Router(config)#ip host hostname 2001 172.16.1.1" does it mean the host that is connected to the router or the hostname of the terminal router?

The first thing we do is create a loopback interface that will be used for the reverse telnet sessions from the other devices.
Router(config)#interface loopback0
Router(config-if)#ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.255

Now we add the devices that are connected to this router [octable cable to each console port]
Router(config)#ip host hostname 2001 172.16.1.1
Router(config)#ip host hostname2 2002 172.16.1.1

The previous commands lets you use the hostname of the device to access it on it's console port. The portnumber is made of the following 200x where x is the nr on the octal cable going to that device. Depending on the type of router you use for terminal server you can have either 8 or 16 devices hanging of it.

Now that the router is configured we use the following commands to navigate.
- to access a device
telnet 172.16.1.1 2001

- to switch between active sessions
ctrl-shift-6-x will bring you back to terminal server
show sessions will display the active sessions
entering a number of a session will let you access that session

- to disconnect a session
use the disconnect command

mikej412

Delirious wrote:

Router(config)#ip host hostname 2001 172.16.1.1
Router(config)#ip host hostname2 2002 172.16.1.1

The hostname is what you want to type in at the 2509 CLI to get to the router/switch connected to the other end of the line.

I usually just use R1, R2, R3, SW1, SW2, etc.... even though those aren't the actual hostnames on the devices in my home lab.

I guess you could say the hostname is the nickname the 2509 gives the equipment on the other end of each terminal line.

Delirious

mikej412 wrote:

Delirious wrote:

Router(config)#ip host hostname 2001 172.16.1.1
Router(config)#ip host hostname2 2002 172.16.1.1

The hostname is what you want to type in at the 2509 CLI to get to the router/switch connected to the other end of the line.

I usually just use R1, R2, R3, SW1, SW2, etc.... even though those aren't the actual hostnames on the devices in my home lab.

I guess you could say the hostname is the nickname the 2509 gives the equipment on the other end of each terminal line.

Cool.. thanks mike