How to enable telnet is Cisco 1924 switch

[tiwariharish44]

Hi,

I would like to configure a Cisco 1924 switch as a manageable switch so that I can access it remotely using telnet, but I am not able to enable the telnet  feature on that switch. Can anyone suggest how do I enable the telnet on 1924 switch?

Thanks

[Mark Malone]

first I would like to advise against telnet its not protected and passwords can be sniffed out , you should use a K9 image and use ssh version 2

If its only capable of telnet check this doc it explains how

https://supportforums.cisco.com/document/19756/configuring-telnet-console-and-aux-port-passwords

[tiwariharish44]

Hi Mark,

I know that how to enable telnet on cisco devices. Its just that in 1900 series as its very old switch, there is no vty option ahead of line keyword. 

And now the console of the switch is also not happening. I am now unable to take the console of the switch.

The console output is shown below

Catalyst 1900 Management Console
Copyright (c) Cisco Systems, Inc. 1993-1999
All rights reserved.
Enterprise Edition Software
Ethernet Address: 00-04-C1-8D-B3-40

PCA Number: 73-3121-04
PCA Serial Number: FAB0501D6E7
Model Number: WS-C1924-EN
System Serial Number: FAB0501W1UH
Power Supply S/N: APR04440502
PCB Serial Number: FAB0501D6E7,73-3121-04
-------------------------------------------------

1 user(s) now active on Management Console.

User Interface Menu

[M] Menus
[K] Command Line

Enter Selection:

[Mark Malone]

Hey from what I remember these switches don't have a vty port , you set an ip and password and that's it you should be able to telnet to it once you can reach the ip set on it

http://www.techrepublic.com/article/configuring-the-cisco-catalyst-1900-switch/

Regarding the console if that's not working the switch is useless and you cant fix a console port whenever they go the switch needs to be rma which obviously is not possible with something so old , what do you mean by you are unable to take the console off the switch ?

[tiwariharish44]

It is stuck in choosing the K or M as you can see in the previous post of mine, after I press K for command line, nothing is happening, while earlier it used to take me to the command line interface.

[Mark Malone]

You could try factory reset it see if that fixes the console issue other than that switch could be just gone its very old they go for like 20 dollars on ebay

http://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/26339387/Factory-Default-setting-on-a-Catalyst-1900-cisco-switch.html

[Ganesh Hariharan]

Hello,

These are small end switches which were bit smart to Hubs, if you have configured ip address globally on these switches then that should be fine to take for management purpose.

and make sure that these are also configured with default gateway for having connectivity with different subnet.

what is the output of show ip on this switch.

and make sure gateway configured is reachable from that switch.

Hope it Help.

-GI