I don't think the ASA has a route to your router.
Router's address is 10.0.0.1, ASA's address is 10.1.1.129, and I don't see any route statements in the ASA configuration.
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Browse All TopicsI have a 2511 router configured to connect with all of my devices successfully...except for the ASA 5505 firewall. When I try to access the firewall it opens a connection, I know this because it says it's open and can be verified with the 'sh sessions' command; but it seems to get stuck there without even getting to the authentication. The firewall and router work otherwise. I'm fairly new to this and I'd appreciate any help.
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I added an inside route to 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 via gateway 10.0.0.1 (since that's the only device connected directly from that net) with metric 1 as a 'just in case' and still no dice. When I connect directly via the console port with my PC using default settings everything works perfectly, and the cable is custom but it works - I've tried it with several other devices.
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It would be easier to just go ahead and do that, since that does work. But, it seems like I should be able to get the reverse telnet working somehow, and i tend to learn more trying to 'fix' things than just circumventing the problem...on the other hand, there doesn't seem to be much more to do to 'fix' this problem.
i guess I'll leave this open for a bit longer to see if anybody is able to add anything - otherwise i'll have to consider it a lost cause :(
problem solved - the wonderful custom cable that I'd been using was the problem. I swapped it out with all my other connections to test it with other devices, again, but this time it wasn't working so well. Again, I tried a new cable for the ASA 5505 connection and that seemed to work. So, moral of the story is that I need to get a decent cable tester.
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by: lrmoorePosted on 2009-07-04 at 07:04:43ID: 24776939
There's nothing special or magic about the asa console port different from a router. Not sure why it wouldn't work just as you have it. Uses same baud rate and everything else that the other devices use.. unless you've changed them someplace.