Cisco 2509RJ as Access Router in CCIE LAB

[atuldalvi]

Dear Sir,

I have Cisco 2509RJ Router with me. Can I use this router as a access server in my CCIE lab..

Please reply!!!

Thanks/Regards

Atul

[Prashanth Krishnappa]

Did you mean to say as a terminal server to reverse telnet into other devices? Is so, yes you can. I believe 2509 has 8 Async lines. You will need an octal cable as well.

Create a loopback interface that will be used for the reverse telnet sessions from the other devices.

Router(config)#interface loopback0

Router(config-if)#ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.255

Now add the devices that are connected to this router [octal cable to each console port]

Router(config)#ip host hostname 2001 172.16.1.1

Router(config)#ip host hostname2 2002 172.16.1.1

...

With this you should be able to telnet using "telnet 172.16.1.1 2001" and so on.

[thisisshanky]

Atul,

Since you have a 2509RJ, you dont need the octal cable.