[0.0] Re: [cisco-nas] Newbie - Odd probs with AS5300 - double login on text

[Aaron Leonard]

> On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Aaron Leonard wrote:
> >    CSCeb28546  login fails to use local username information
> > Evidently this is a regression that appeared around 12.2(3)T; the
> > fix is Integrated in 12.2(16)BX01 12.3(02)T01 12.3(02.03)B
> > 12.3(03.01)T 012.003(002.001).  What IOS version did you say that
> > you were running?

>     Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
>     IOS (tm) 5300 Software (C5300-I-M), Version 12.3(1a), RELEASE SOFTWARE
>     Copyright (c) 1986-2003 by cisco Systems, Inc.
>     Compiled Thu 05-Jun-03 16:43 by dchih
>     Image text-base: 0x6000894C, data-base: 0x60BC0000
>     ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.0(2)XD1, EARLY DEPLOYMENT RELEASE
>     SOFTWARE (fc1)
>     BOOTLDR: 5300 Software (C5300-BOOT-M), Version 12.0(4)T1,  RELEASE
>     SOFTWARE (fc1)

Yep, you're running 12.3(1a) which suffers from CSCeb28546, so 
upgrade to more recent 12.3 mainline.  I suppose I'd go to 
the latest, 12.3(10).

> When we bought the unit, the firmware was really out of date. I thought
> that it had been updated to the latest releases when we got it back from
> being 'serviced'. Can you comment?

No.  I did see that your modem firmware was up to date (2.9.5.0),
so maybe that's what got serviced.

> > > > ... "autoselect timeout 4" ...
> > > I'll have to wait until tomorrow to test,, but this *may* prove to be the
> > > 'problem' that was messing up some PPP users.

> I've now verified that those PPP users now connect okay. (yay again!)

> If in fact my IOS or other software is *still* out of date, is there a
> relatively safe way (for fumble fingered newbies like me) to get and
> update that software?

Everyone has their own preferred methods I suppose.  Here's what
I'll do when upgrading if I want to be particularly conservative.

First I'll reconfigure the router to try to boot from tftp ...
something like this:

boot system tftp c5300-is-mz.123-7.3 171.68.191.135

Then I'll reload the 5300 off of TFTP and see if it comes
up fine.  If things are horribly broken, then I'll just
rename the file on the TFTP server and cycle the router,
and it will boot off the old image in flash.  If it runs 
well on the image booted from TFTP, I'll copy the image 
from TFTP into router flash and get rid of the "boot system tftp"
command.  Ideally you will have room in flash: and/or bootflash:
to store both the old and new IOS images simultaneously.

Aaron

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> Thanks!

> - Charles