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Experts,<br />
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Attached is a copy of the console port of the Riverbed<br />
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Experts,

Attached is a copy of the console port of the Riverbed
riverbed [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2014/03_w10/838129/riverbed]

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1) The 250 is a WAN optimization unit, not a router.<br />
2) You need a serial cable to connect to the console. &nbsp;Since my laptop does not have a serial port, I use a USB&gt;Serial adapter.<br />
3) You can SSH to the unit if you know the IP address.<br />
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-Wes
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1) The 250 is a WAN optimization unit, not a router.
2) You need a serial cable to connect to the console.  Since my laptop does not have a serial port, I use a USB>Serial adapter.
3) You can SSH to the unit if you know the IP address.

-Wes

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wdurrett,<br />
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Thanks for responding.<br />
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I'm aware that the 250 is a WAN optimizer, I just wanted to highlight the difference between the console port on a router and that of the 250. I have the typical console cable used to console into a router. However, the end of the typical console cable I use to connect to a typical router is serial end of the cable .... I hope that makes sense
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wdurrett,

Thanks for responding.

I'm aware that the 250 is a WAN optimizer, I just wanted to highlight the difference between the console port on a router and that of the 250. I have the typical console cable used to console into a router. However, the end of the typical console cable I use to connect to a typical router is serial end of the cable .... I hope that makes sense

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Yes, it makes sense. &nbsp;You need a serial cable to connect to the RVBD. &nbsp;<br />
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Or, you can SSH to the unit as well.<br />
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<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=serial+cable" rel="ugc">https://www.google.com/search?q=serial+cable</a><br />
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-Wes
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Yes, it makes sense.  You need a serial cable to connect to the RVBD.  

Or, you can SSH to the unit as well.

https://www.google.com/search?q=serial+cable [https://www.google.com/search?q=serial+cable]

-Wes

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Hello Experts,<br />
<br />
I have acquired a Riverbed Steelhead 250 series router. However, I'm having a problem consoling into to the device.<br />
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The console for the Riverbed works in the opposite direction than Cisco routers.<br />
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Can someone please help?<br />
<br />
Cheers<br />
<br />
Carlton
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Hello Experts,

I have acquired a Riverbed Steelhead 250 series router. However, I'm having a problem consoling into to the device.

The console for the Riverbed works in the opposite direction than Cisco routers.

Can someone please help?

Cheers

Carlton

Riverbed Steelhead 250 Series Console

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.