North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Any Cisco-experienced folks wanna tackle this one?
So I take it you cannot load the IOS in the flash? Have you tried getting into ROMMON> by breaking the boot? That may help decipher where the problem lies. It may be the pre-boot flash (I think the Ciscos have a shrunken bootflash and then a full size IOS image in flash). My $0.02. On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Kevin Brown wrote: > I will expect replies to this message directly as it doesn't really fit > into the normal fodder for nanog, but it is a last ditch effort for problem > resolution. > > I have a customer who I am integrating into our network via a T1 link and > have already gotten all the nominal routing setup prepared. This customer > is using RFC1918 addressing on his LAN, and requires a firewall-type > solution with NAT capabilities. Bless this customer for thinking ahead > with his internal addressing :=) > > Anyway, I have run into a problem with his hardware/software provisioning > and I think this can be recreated in a lab environment: > > Cisco 1601 router > 6 MB Flash > 4 MB DRAM > WIC-1DSU-56K4 > IP Plus/Firewall IOS version 11.3 > (actual image name: c1600-nosy-mz.113-3.T ) > > Everytime I have start the router, I get a software crash that TAC says > should not be happening. > > If anyone else might have this equipment setting around, and be willing to > replicate this and see what happens for you, I would much appreciate > hearing about it. I'm thinking I've found an ewps in the code/hardware > configuration and have just provisioned a non-working solution. I'd like to > hear what the rest of you might come up with. Yes, I know it's a small > configuration, but surely we've all got lessor routers in the field with > similar requirements. > > > Thanks in advance if you would assist > > Kevin Brown >
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