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Connection to Cisco switch

Hi, I am trying to connect to a switch. I have the blue cisco serial cable, however, I do not have a laptop with a serial port so I have bought a USB to serial convertor. I have tried connecting using hyperterminal but com1 isnt appearing. Am I missing something here? com27 is there and that is the port the usb to serial convertor seems to be on. can I use this?

ptchuba

I'm sure that's it. Try that, if you get the prompt Switch> then you are in. If that doesn't work go to device manager and check the properties of your adapter. It should tell you the port it is using.

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Peter C.

Istvan Kalmar

please connect COM24 9600 8 N 1 and it is working...

shauncroucher

com27 9600 8 N 1 N

Shaun

ITDU

ASKER

yeah I have set that up and connected put no prompt with switch has appeared. I understand I need to disconnect the power now and hold the LED button down before I cna do anything else. is that right??

ptchuba

Hit Enter on your keyboard while in hyperterminal. If nothing, while in hyperterminal restart the switch using the power switch on the device and notice the output in hyperterminal.

Justin Ellenbecker

Where id you get this switch you can change the terminal settings. I recently took over for a previous tech and he had some of our routers set to a different rate. You may also want to get putty sometimes it can be a little easier to work with than hyperterminal. I am not 100% sure on switches but I know the rates for routers are as follows, you can also try using these rates instead of the standard 9600 and see if they work:
0 = 9600,
1 = 4800,
2 = 1200,
3 = 2400,
4 = 19200,
5 = 38400,
6 = 57600,
7 = 115200

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

ITDU

ASKER

thanks I have managed to connect with the serial cable and conertor and through hyperterminal. I am resetting the passwords and have followed the steps on the cisco walkthrough (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/products_password_recovery09186a0080094184.shtml) however I still can't log in, it tells me the password is wrong. i have tried logging in by putting the IP address of the switch into a browser and by using telnet through putty.

I noticed in the walkthrough, at the point where you put in the passwords the prompt has changed to Sw1 from switch in the earlier commands. on the switch I have it stays at cisco_3550 all of the time. is this just a typo on the walkthrough or what? is there a command I can use to confirm the IP address of the switch as well?

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