[c-nsp] 2511 as console server - connection refused?
Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)
oboehmer at cisco.com
Sun Jun 10 07:00:03 EDT 2007
Garry <> wrote on Sunday, June 10, 2007 12:47 PM:
> Hi,
>
> I just set up an old 2511 as console servers for several boxes we are
> running at a colo housing. Everything works fine, I configures several
> host aliases like "ip host fw 2007 XX.XX.XX.XX", and connecting via
> "telnet fw" will work. Anyway, out of the (currently) 6 connected
> boxes, I often get a "% Connection refused by remote host" from one
> or two. I try it again some time later, and it will work, but others
> give the connection refused message. Reboot the 2511, and those work,
> but another won't. Am I missing something here?
>
> Here's the config I have:
>
> line 1 16
> session-timeout 20
> exec-timeout 0 0
> transport input all
> autohangup
> stopbits 1
> flowcontrol hardware
>
add "no exec" to prevent the 2511 to ever start a shell on those lines.
Otherwise output sent by the controlled devices can trigger a "login"
prompt on the 2511..
oli
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