Comments on: Automate Cisco commands from Windows

By: shah

shah — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:24:41 +0000

i am trying to reboot a Call Manager using plink but i am unable to type or send “Yes” to the confirmation question like Do you really want to shutdown ? Enter Yes or NO ?

Please can anyone help me with this issue .

By: Rakesh

Rakesh — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:39:47 +0000

Hi,

I am keen to know that to add multiple IPs and commands in above script.

Regards,
Rakesh.T.H

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:23:45 +0000

I’ve had some trouble with some of the above methods of multiple output, but I did work out a little bat file for Cisco devices that works. I have saved Putty sessions configured with my username, ssh, etc, and Plink is in my windows\system32, so in notepad I wrote the below to stay on the screen and display the output of all the commands until I press the spacebar:
***************************************************************
plink -load myputtysavedsessionname -pw mypassword sho log
plink -load myputtysavedsessionname -pw mypassword sho ver
plink -load myputtysavedsessionname -pw mypassword sho int desc
plink -load myputtysavedsessionname -pw mypassword sho cdp neighbor

pause 5

exit
********************************************************************

The next one below I wrote to output to a .txt or .log file. Note the first line has a single > telling it to create the file or overwrite anything in it. The rest of the lines have 2 >> telling it to add their additional info to the file instead of overwriting it.

********************************************************************
plink -load nameofsavedputtysession -pw mypassword sho log > c:\switchname.txt
plink -load nameofsavedputtysession -pw mypassword sho int status >> c:\switchname.txt
plink -load nameofsavedputtysession -pw mypassword sho int desc >> c:\switchname.txt
plink -load nameofsavedputtysession -pw mypassword sho ver >> c:\switchname.txt
plink -load nameofsavedputtysession -pw mypassword sho cdp neighbor >> c:\switchname.txt
**********************************************************************

saved notepad as a .bat and away I go. Wow is it fast!

Now if I could just get enable to work…

By: vince

vince — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:19:34 +0000

give to the user privilege 15. it will logon with enable privileges.

By: Ajeet

Ajeet — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:48:12 +0000

Hi,

Thanks for the article. But i have a problem. I did what you said.
But how will i enter the “enable” password in cisco routers ?
Putty connects to router. Reads the script file. But it stucks in enable pass stage

By: Thanos

Thanos — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:42:58 +0000

i’m having issues now with plink connecting to a cisco C200 server. i can use plink as “plink.exe -ssh admin@10.10.1.1 -pw password” and it connects fine, then i can run “show version” then “exit” and it all nice and happy .

but then if try to issue :

plink.exe -ssh admin@10.10.1.1 -pw password -m cmd.bat

plink.exe -ssh admin@10.10.1.1 -pw password < cmd.bat

plink.exe -ssh admin@10.10.1.1 -pw password show version

i get the error: "no entry for terminal type "dumb"; using dumb terminal setting"

any ideas anyone ??

By: Anish

Anish — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:12:38 +0000

Dear all,

I enabled ssh ver2 in one of my remote router.I can access from putty.exe.But other person who is in another area cannot able to access.Previously he was acessed via telnet.

Now my question is shall we access the router(sshver-2) from the router which having sshver-1.5. Please send mail to my id: network428@gmail.com

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:14:08 +0000

hi there, tried your command using the latest build of plink.exe

plink -ssh userid@192.168.1.1 -pw myPasswd “show version ; users” with space in between the semi-colon.

Only the first command runs and the rest is ignored for some reason?! Please help thanks!

By: George

George — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:37:36 +0000

Hey guys!

How can I sent keyboard characters (letters, numbers) to a CISCO Switch? I managed connecting via SSH, but then when the switch responds, it actually expects me to input first User and Password, then Menu Choices…. What I actually want to do is run a script that can disable a given Ethernet port…are there some commands that can be used, or only via Menu?

Regards,
George

By: Scott Pilkinton

Scott Pilkinton — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:45:49 +0000

Thanos,

Thanks for the follow up – good info for others with the same issue!

Scott