Re: access server question , anyone know the trick?

Agree with u, but if dynamips be the case, u cannot connect on offline
routers.

Anyway let's see any reply comes up.

Jeremy

On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Dale Shaw <dale.shaw_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeremy,
>
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 3:16 PM, jeremy co <jeremy.cool14_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I want to press 3 to go to R3
> > and 6 to go to R6
> >
> > but if I initiate connection normally, connection numbers wuld be 1 and 2
> > instead of 3 and 6.
>
> I don't know if there's a 'trick' to make IOS behave this way -- I
> look forward to the other replies -- however just because a router is
> off, doesn't mean you can't try to establish a reverse telnet
> connection to its console.
>
> If only R3 and R6 are on, you can still connect to R1 through R6.
> Obviously you won't get any feedback from the consoles of devices that
> are switched off, but at least you'll be able to access R3 in session
> #3, R6 in session #6.
>
> In the real lab, you won't be able to change the console server's
> configuration anyway, so it probably pays to get used to establishing
> sessions to all devices, irrespective of their power state.
>
> cheers,
> Dale

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