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How to recover a config from TFTP when the router config won't allow connection to tftp?
I have a config file stored on a TFTP server.
What if I make changes to the configuration, then do a copy run start and a reload and the new configuration is so messed up I don't have network access to the TFTP server?
How do I get the old config file from the TFTP server into the router.
The TFTP server is in the same room as the router and a console connection is possible between the two machines.
(This hasn't happened to me and I don't expect it to, but I do want to be ready for worst-case-scenario).
What if I make changes to the configuration, then do a copy run start and a reload and the new configuration is so messed up I don't have network access to the TFTP server?
How do I get the old config file from the TFTP server into the router.
The TFTP server is in the same room as the router and a console connection is possible between the two machines.
(This hasn't happened to me and I don't expect it to, but I do want to be ready for worst-case-scenario).
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and should you need to recover an IOS image:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/130/xmodem_generic.pdf
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/130/xmodem_generic.pdf
BTW: The most time consuming thing we run into all the time is getting the user to get a working terminal going.
They can't find the cables, don't have a laptop with a configured terminal, etc.
Hook up the console cable and leave it there, you get one with every router.
Get a terminal app working with each device and save it's config on a utility laptop.
It's silly to have a router down for 4 hours because somebody inadvertantly shut down an interface.
Out Of Band management is important on remote routers.
Get a pots line and a modem going on the aux port when you set up the router.
Trying to talk a secretary through configs at the Minnesota Field Office will take years off your life.
They can't find the cables, don't have a laptop with a configured terminal, etc.
Hook up the console cable and leave it there, you get one with every router.
Get a terminal app working with each device and save it's config on a utility laptop.
It's silly to have a router down for 4 hours because somebody inadvertantly shut down an interface.
Out Of Band management is important on remote routers.
Get a pots line and a modem going on the aux port when you set up the router.
Trying to talk a secretary through configs at the Minnesota Field Office will take years off your life.
Chicagoan,
>Get a pots line and a modem going on the aux port
I beg to differ on this one point. put the modem on the Console port.
The aux port is not active until the config is loaded. you can't recover from rommon> crash over the modem unless it is connected to console port.
Also, be careful what kind of modem you use, and be sure to lock down console access with AAA login, or consider a secure modem with username/password protection in it. I've seen lots of companies get slammed on an audit because they have open access points into the network with modems connected directly to routers..
>Get a pots line and a modem going on the aux port
I beg to differ on this one point. put the modem on the Console port.
The aux port is not active until the config is loaded. you can't recover from rommon> crash over the modem unless it is connected to console port.
Also, be careful what kind of modem you use, and be sure to lock down console access with AAA login, or consider a secure modem with username/password protection in it. I've seen lots of companies get slammed on an audit because they have open access points into the network with modems connected directly to routers..
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