Chapter 4. Gaining Access to the Routers and Switches

This chapter describes how to access a router through the following methods:

  • Through a direct console connection

  • Over the LAN via Telnet

  • Through a terminal server

In this chapter, you learn how to access a router and switch through a direct console connection, over the LAN via Telnet, and finally through a terminal server. To begin, this chapter reviews how to access a router or switch through a direct console connection. Next, you will configure the terminal server router for Telnet access. Then you will access the terminal server over the LAN via Telnet using a terminal application program running on your PC. Finally, you will configure the 2511 router as the lab terminal server for reverse Telnet ...

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