why I am not able to paste Ip access-list containg 10+ lines

[MasoodA]

Hi,

I know I had done this many times in the past but I was trying to paste an

access-list

(standard) into a 3800 L3 switch from a notpad file but the device kept rejecting it. I had to insert line by line (about 12 lines).

I had done this on Cisco routers many times with no issues but this switch gave me hard times. could someone please shed light on this so I know why that happened?

Ip access-list 30

a standard Ip access-list.

I prepared it in notepad because i wanted to add three new lines.

No access-list 30

then conf t and pasted new

access-list

but switch kept rejecting until I inserted line by line. it was working as expected after adding line by line as I was seeing IPs getting hits.

Thank you and

best regards,

Masood

[David Ruess]

Hello,

it’s possible the syntax may have been slightly different. Maybe your code was a different version.

Can you post a screenshot of you trying to laste it in with the error and another screenshot of you putting it in line by line.

-David

[MasoodA]

Hi and thanks for getting back to me. I have attached a picture. number of line have been truncated in this picture and IPs been replaced with

 /Xs

due to the nature of work, I coudn't send actual screen shot.
Hope this helps.

Regards,
Masood

[MasoodA]

Hi David, do you see the picture I attached to the email when I responded to your reply?

REgards,

Masood

[MasoodA]

the errors was looked like having line spaces with

!

based on my experience from way before.

unfortunately i cannot send screen-shots.

Best Regards,

Masood

[MHM Cisco World]

add line with number not start from 10 and each step is 10 instead use start from 5 and each step 5
the last line may not accept last three numbers because of limit of number of line 

[David Ruess]

I do not see any pictures or attachments.

[MasoodA]

Thank you MHM,

you think the problem is on the number of lines? I even pasted without any sequence numbers because its an standard ACL. no sequence numbers needed really. still same result. switch didn't take the paste.

Regards,

Masood

[MHM Cisco World]

check both case 
when you add ACL via Notpad, check the number for each line with show

ip access -list

then remove the ACL and add it manually using same number, this sure give hint that the issue from the number of line or not.

[MasoodA]

thanks, I added manually and all were accepted and working properly. i did not add any sequence numbers yet after adding show Acl 30 shows line numbering. I still don't see why the switch didn't accept pasting from a note pad the ACL as a whole

Regards,

Masood

[MHM Cisco World]

What is order of number when you add it manually?

[MasoodA]

No numbers at all. Standard.

Access-list 30
Permit xxxxxx

When I pasted in, I had no sequence numbers. I was at wrong cmd prompt last night. Was my own mistake.

Regards,

Masoos

[MasoodA · Accepted solution]

Hi folks,

I was able to perform this task without issues.

switch(config)

ip access-list standard 30

and it worked because the prompt changed to ACL mode. it was all my own mistake. thank you for you help and support.

Best Regads,

Masood

[MHM Cisco World]

keyword standard is key here ?

[MasoodA]

Because it’s standard ACL. It’s part of Cisco IOS and not my key word.

Regards,

Masood