1. If it isn’t done yet (as in the case of one piece kits), connect your RJ 45 adapter with the 9 pin which then goes to the COM 1 port. Insert the RJ 45 cable’s connector to the console port with the supplied rollover cable.

2. Execute HyperTerminal to start the session. After naming the session, select COM 1 as your port under the “connect using” section.

3. Make the proper configurations (HyperTerminal, 9600-8-n-1):

   1. Baud: 9600

   2. Data bits: 8

   3. Stop bits: 1

   4. Parity: No

   5. Flow control: No

4. Turn Cisco on to see HyperTerminal’s boot process. Press ENTER.

5. Now you’re in User Mode. Type “?” (without quotes) in the router> prompt to see a list of available commands.

6. To start making changes, type “en” or “enable” and then press ENTER to go to Privileged Mode.

7. The same goes for the router# prompt: “?” for the list but this time type “config” to make changes. To go back, to Privileged Mode press ctrl+z.

8. Type “disable” and you’ll go back to User Mode. Then type “exit” to log out.

For a more detailed explanation on the configurations and tweaking, go this Cisco website.

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Finding a public route server:
Generally its not that easy to find a public route server just by going to the ISP’s website,  There is always a google search that may turn a few up but the best way we have found is to use a route server directory usually compiled by other technicians or organizations.  We know and use 2 good route server directories available for free on the internet.

http://www.netdigix.com/servers.html
http://www.nanog.org/lookingglass.html

 
How to connect to a route server?
Generally you will use telnet with the CMD window or hyperterminal in windows or a terminal window in MAC or Linux.  Most route servers have links that you can click on that will automatically open your telnet client.  if not you can try the following:

In Windows:
Open a CMD window  –> Start –> Run –> cmd
Type: telnet <ipaddress or hostname of route server>

In Mac and Linux:
Open a terminal window
Type: telnet <ipaddress or hostname of route server>

 
What to do after connecting to a public route server?
you can do many commands once you are on a route server, the important ones you probably want to do are: show bgp routes, traceroute and ping.  When you get on a traceroute server you can type the ? key to get a list of the possible commands,  Normally when you log onto a route server there is a banner that tells you the other available public route servers that this ISP may have.

Example Banner:
Route-server.western.allstream.com      Vancouver,      BC,     Canada
Route-server.central.allstream.com        Toronto,      ON,     Canada
Route-server.eastern.allstream.com       Montreal,      QC,     Canada

 
Example commands:
route-views.ab> ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
route-views.ab> traceroute xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
route-views.ab> ?

Showing BGP routes and AS’s:
route-views.ab> show ip bgp

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