Console connection freezes up

[insccisco]

Hey guys,

when I access a router or a switch (I dont' remember if it does it in firewalls as well) via the light-blue console cable, I have to restart the device.

I use Hyper Terminal from windows and I get this problem a lot because if I want to access the router via the console few days later, I can no longer get in. Access thru telnet/ssh is always good.

Is there any settings on the console line that prevents or perhaps freezes the console line after a certain amount of time?

Once again, I have to restart the router or the switch in order to see and access the prompt.

[JORGE RODRIGUEZ]

Most likely is your terminal emulator,

does your terminal have these settings

Bits per sec : 9600

Data bits : 8

Parity : none

Stop bits : 1

Flow control : none

If term setting are correct have you tried console using a different system other than the one you normaly use, have you tried a different concole cable.

It would be odd that this is a problem in multiple cisco devices, router, firewall, switch..

Rgds

Jorge

[insccisco]

yes, all my terminal emulator settings are correct.

I do agree these problems are strange. I connect fine, do my things, then I lock the PC (I do leave the hyper termninal session open mpst of the time though)

and then 2 or 3 days later, I try to go back to the hyper terminal window but it does not let me type anything. So I close the HT session, open up a new one, but same thing... I can't type anything nor see anything from the router (not even a prompt)

Again, the only fix is rebooting the device and once I do, I then see activity via the HT window and I can also type stuff