Re: OT:--CISCO EXPERTS...

Hi Puzzled. The blue cable allows you to connect to the router using the PC
serial port and Hyperterminal (or equivalent software). If it's connected
via ethernet you can also connect via Telnet and SSH depending on how it has
been configured. If the router has been configured securely there will be a
username & password to access the router, then a different password to
access the configuration section of the router. Telnet access should also
be disabled leaving connection via SSH or Hyperterminal.

Most Cisco routers have a web interface of sorts but on the whole they are
extremely basic i.e. to configure basic connectivity to then allow the
router to be configured via the command line. Cisco's main features are all
accessed through IOS which is command line based.

Unfortunately even if manage to get connected, if you don't have any
experience with Cisco products and are used to GUI equivalent products you
may struggle to reconfigure the router. I would also advise against trying
to access/use the web interface becuase in some models the web interface can
add errors to the configuraiton file, especially if the router has been
configured using the command line.

Can you post back with the model of router and what configuration changes
you need to make ?

--
Hth,
Stuart Mackie
www.stu.uk.com
MCSA: & MCSE: Security



"Puzzled" <puzzled@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> How on earth do you access a cisco router?...lol
>
> Client has a cisco router with blue cable from pc to router also x-over
> cable connected to pc.
>
> Honest, I have tried Cisco website (and google) and cannot find an answer
> to a simple question... newbie to access a cisco router. Everything
> assumes you already know jargon and have knowledge. Being a newbie would
> like GUI interface and not command prompt...lol
>
>
>


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