Can I use a 2512 to access the consoles of other routers via Octal?

[ciscolearner]

I have a rack of routers and would like to know if I can console to my 2512 and use it to then connect to the consoles of the other routers using the async lines?

I just want to know before I make myself too crazy. No there's really no reason other than I'd like to see if I can do it.

So, I set up the 2512, and plug the octal cable in and attach the serial lines to the console ports on the other routers......

Can it work?

Thanks.

 

[BuckWeet]

yes you can do it

its call reverse telnetting...

I have a 2511 doing this myself.

BuckWeet

 

[ciscolearner]

Well, I looked it up on the Cisco page.

I managed to get it almost working.

I can connect to my pix, but only once.

When I disconnect and retry I get the message that the device is refusing connection, the activity light on the async is going nuts, and that's it.

I plug into the pix and it spends a few minutes scrolling crap it was getting from the 2512....

It looks like the 2512 is spewing garbage at the pix's console port.

Hmmm....I'll keep banging on it

Thanks