Re: The Art of the Aux Interface

From: Frank Jimenez (franjime@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2001 - 23:17:17 GMT-3


   
Dug into some of this when I was looking as ISP/Dial....

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ics/cs012.htm:
Has a configuration complete with Chat Script and Modem commands....

You can even put the two AUX ports back-to-back with a null modem cable:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/793/access_dial/auxback.html

Cool Stuff....

Frank Jimenez, CCIE #5738
franjime@cisco.com

At 11:10 AM 08/21/2001 -0500, Michael Snyder wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I'm surprised no one has done a short white paper of all the things you can do
>with a aux interface.
>
>I've used it for dedicated routing for months now. Even heard that you can
>tunnel frame-switching over it. Never seemed to have the right IOS image to
>to make that work.
>
>
>
>sample back to back config
>
>interface Async5
> ip address 10.252.64.1 255.255.255.0
> async default routing
> async mode dedicated
>
>line aux 0
> speed 38400
>
>
>
>
>Here's my question, two parts.
>
>Can you use it to simulate isdn dial out? I remember from my CCNA days
>someone saying that you couldn't use the aux port to dial out. That doesn't
>ring true to me now, It seems to me that it's a async port, and a dialer
>should be able to do anything it wishes with it.
>
>Assuming that you can do async calls on a aux interface. Can someone post a
>useable chat-script and port config for having two aux ports back to back.
>I'm thinking just like the decicated routing mode, but with the dialer setting
>up calls and disconnecting at will.
>
>Is this possible? Or do I need two modems with phone lines?
>
>Thanks for Your Time,
>
>Michael
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