Escaping from Multiple Reverse Telnet Sessions on a Cisco Router

Escaping from Multiple Reverse Telnet Sessions on a Cisco 881W Router (880 series)

Sometimes you may have closed your laptop or left a connection open somewhere, and you wont be able to connect to the AP on the 881W, and this is also true for any other tty’s on Cisco’s.

router1#telnet 1.1.1.1 2002

Trying 1.1.1.1, 2002 ...

% Connection refused by remote host

What you need to do is clear the line.

881W#clear line tty 2

[confirm]

 [OK]

881W#telnet 1.1.1.1 2002

Trying 1.1.1.1, 2002 ... Open

User Access Verification

Username:

After you log in and you want to get back to the router, you can type exit, and confirm, or do the famous cisco combination:   Press ctrl+shift+6 then ctrl+shift+6 then x. This will bring you back to the first vty.