Using CISCO IOS AUX port to access the console port on another device (reverse telnet) May 16, 2009
Posted by daakeung in Uncategorized.Tags: aux console, Cisco, ios, reverse telnet
trackback
Setup a loopback interface:
int lo 1
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
line aux 0
transport input telnet
speed 9600
To access the aux interface, you telnet to the loopback address on port 2000+line#
for example:
sh line
Tty Typ Tx/Rx A Modem Roty AccO AccI Uses Noise Overruns Int
0 CTY - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -
I 1 TTY – inout - - - 0 0 0/0 -
5 AUX 9600/9600 – inout - - - 0 0 0/0 -
* 6 VTY - - - - - 78 0 0/0 -
7 VTY - - - - - 2 0 0/0 -
8 VTY - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -
9 VTY - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -
10 VTY - - - - - 0 0 0/0 -
telnet 10.1.1.1 2005
***UPDATED***

What is all this mumbo jumbo??