Recent content by gatling2011

Ok, I see. Thanks for all the help and suggestions guys, I think I'm just going to take it back to where I got it tomorrow and see what they say. Hopefully they will just exchange it for another and not try to attach any blame to me! Very annoying though as I had the whole weekend free and was...

Tried connecting it to a router and it doesnt find it. If it helps, at all times when the mode is set to util, port 1 on the switch is constant green and ports 2 and 3 are amber. The rest are off at all times. I don't know whether that is significant or not.

I actually had a small problem when first trying to access the switch, when it would output nothing if the rj-45 was being forced downwards by a twisted cable. I just presumed the pins were not touching because of this, but maybe the connectors inside the console port are damaged... specifically...

No not from ebay, that is the hostname of the router I'm using which is a friends. I just used hyperterminal as it is easier to copy text from and it mangled it up!

Hmm.. Please ignore the above post, it is garbled with output from a previous session for some reason. The correct output from boot: C2950 Boot Loader (C2950-HBOOT-M) Version 12.1(11r)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)...

Have tried both holding the mode button and using the break function. I will try connecting it to a router and see how that goes. Here is the entire output from the boot sequence: C2950 Boot Loader (C2950-HBOOT-M) Version 12.1(11r)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)...

I've tried different laptop, same problem... I am using a RJ-45 to DB-9 rollover to connect, and have also tried a different one of these.

Also, I can access my router (4500M running 12.0) fine using the same kit and terminal emulators, just not the switch..

I've tried entering rommon, but the problem is I can't type anything at all, it just doesnt accept any keyboard input. I've tried the different connection options (none and xon/off) and tried incrementing the baud rate. As I mentioned above, I get the correct output, such as: The system has...

Tried Putty and Terraterm aswell and have the same problem... Tried 2 different PCs, 2 different console cables and can successfully connect to my other cisco kit with all of the above.

Thanks for the quick reply. Incrementing the terminal emulator speeds didnt work. I can however interrupt the boot process but still cannot type any commands. It is now stuck at: The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash filesystem. The following commands will initialize...

Hello all, I am currently studying for my ccna, and have acquired a 2950 switch upon which to practice. I also have a cisco router that I can access and configure just fine, but am having problems accessing the switch via the console. It appears to boot fine and the output prior to being asked...