home lab - use putty -> modem - > console/access serve

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Hi guys - just set up my home. at work we use putty to access everything. hyper terminal is killing me.
how can i rig up my home lab so that:
1. i can use putty
2. i can connect the access server to my broadband modem.
the modem has a 4 x rj45 ports; 1 to my pc. rj11 to the telephone line.
reason i want to connect the broadband modem to the home hub is:
1. simplicity (i'd prefer to avoid the usb console cable setup).
2. as the broadband modem also has wireless i'd be able to take the laptop somewhere quiet away from the relentless drone of 4 x 2811, 2511 and a 2900.
Thanks for any help
cheers
John
how can i rig up my home lab so that:
1. i can use putty
2. i can connect the access server to my broadband modem.
the modem has a 4 x rj45 ports; 1 to my pc. rj11 to the telephone line.
reason i want to connect the broadband modem to the home hub is:
1. simplicity (i'd prefer to avoid the usb console cable setup).
2. as the broadband modem also has wireless i'd be able to take the laptop somewhere quiet away from the relentless drone of 4 x 2811, 2511 and a 2900.
Thanks for any help
cheers
John
Comments
All you'd have to do is setup telnet or ssh on your access server and connect to it with one of those.
Didn't you come across this material while working on your CCNA?
okey dokey, so it is possible then and easy to do. i'll give it a go in the morning.
I can quite happily use Putty to get into the router via the USB port with a console cable plus dongle. I've configured the e0 with 192.168.1.5. I connected my home broadband router to the 2511 with a rolled cable. When I try to telnet using Putty to 192.168.1.5 I get nothing.
I am not doubt making a ridiculously silly mistake and should no better. What bone headed mistake am I making please?
anyway, got a few more wic's in the post today so will have a nearly complete lab.
I'm glad you seem to have figured this out. Hopefully it's all smooth sailing from here on out.
The only piece of real Cisco equipment I have is a 2509 with a really old IOS on it. Someone from work kicked it down to me several months ago before he retired.
Also on a sadder note one of the techs through out 8 2521 NOS a month ago. They didn't have any asset tags on them and the people higher up didn't know what to do with them. The tech just got tired of looking at them and just tossed them one day. Not like the dude was a Cisco guy, he only ran and pulled telephone wires for a living. I about choked him when he told me that.
The downside with a 2509 or 2511 is that they're way too slow to run SSH if that is important for you. They did test it out on one of the old IOS releases and it does work but it'll drive you nuts with the long connection delay and generally slowness.
oh no, if this goes sticky people will be bringing it up when I'm a deca CCIE one day
anyway, thanks for peoples time. got this sorted now and to help others from sounding stupid in future here's the topology:
PC
|
straight through cable
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Linksys broadband modem
|
straight through cable
|
transceiver (attach it to the cisco 2511)
|
aui port on 2511
configure ip address on e0 and finally, double check the rj45 plug hasn't slipped our of the linksys!
time to get some earplugs and look at some tabbed telnet clients.
highly recommend it, if you can't beg borrow or steal the stuff from work then spend the dosh on ebay.
My problem is I don't want to buy any equipment because I have a hard time buying equipment I don't know I'll be able to use for further exams. The equipment I know I'll be able to use costs too much, so argh!