Problem with new routers

tompaine

Hi! I'm new to the community and Cisco in general, so please be gentle

I just bought this on ebay for $350:

2 x Cisco 2501 Router, IOS 12.2(26), Max RAM, 2 Serial and 1 Ethernet interface
1 x Cisco 2503 Router, IOS 12.2(23), Max RAM, 2 Serial, 1 Ethernet and 1 ISDN interface
1 x Catalyst 2924M-XL Switch, IOS 12.0(5)
6 x Cat 5e cables (3 cross-over, 3 straight)
3 x Serial WAN cables (DTE to DCE serial crossover cables)
2 x 10 Base-T Transceivers
1 x Console cable
1 x DB-9 to RJ-45 Adapter
1 x USB to DB-9 Adapter

It didn't come with any users guide, or labs or anything written.

After a hour, I finally got the driver for the USB cable, and plugged in this flat blue cable into it and the Console port of the 2501. (and of course power)

The response was:

System Bootstrap, Version 11.0(10c), SOFTWARE
Copyright (c) 1986-1996 by cisco Systems
2500 processor with 14336 Kbytes of main memory

%SYS-4-CONFIG_NEWER: Configurations from version 12.2 may not be correctly under
stood.
F3: 9286440+846656+770252 at 0x3000060

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cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706



Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-IO-L), Version 12.2(26), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Sat 31-Jul-04 03:32 by eaarmas
Image text-base: 0x03050A44, data-base: 0x00001000

cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision N) with 14336K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 09765511, with hardware revision 00000000
Bridging software.
X.25 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)



Press RETURN to get started!


00:00:07: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to up
00:00:07: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial0, changed state to down
00:00:08: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface Serial1, changed state to down
00:00:18: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Ethernet0, changed sta
te to down
00:00:21: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Ethernet0, changed state to administrativel
y down
00:00:21: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from memory by console
00:00:22: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial0, changed state to administratively
down
00:00:24: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Serial1, changed state to administratively
down
00:00:24: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial0, changed state
to down
00:00:27: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Serial1, changed state
to down
00:01:05: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 2500 Software (C2500-IO-L), Version 12.2(26), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)
Copyright (c) 1986-2004 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Sat 31-Jul-04 03:32 by eaarmas
00:01:05: %SNMP-5-COLDSTART: SNMP agent on host Router is undergoing a cold star
t

1. After 20 min, why am I not getting a prompt? Is there a problem with the equipment?
2. Did I plug in all the cables correctly?
3. It didn't come with any IOS backup.. I think I read I can make my own off the router? (I read the FAQ and saw router to router)
4. When the prompt does appear, What commands do I need to make sure everything is ok.

I appreciate any help! Thanks!

Tom

bighornsheep

The prompt is fine, just press enter once or twice.

For some details about learning the basics of Cisco routers, read:
http://techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1023

tompaine

It looks like the problem was Hyperterminal... I tried PuTTY and it seems to work great!

Thanks again!

networker050184

Let me guess scroll lock was on in hyperterminal........