Command
Terminal Monitor
Use
This command allows you to see the console output of a router that you are telneted to.
Syntax
Telnetted_Router#terminal monitor
Example
In this example, we don’t see any output from the debug ip packet command until the terminal monitor command is entered.
R2#debug ip packet IP packet debugging is on R2#show clock 18:29:11.055 UTC Sun Nov 30 2008 R2#show clock 18:30:03.539 UTC Sun Nov 30 2008 R2#terminal monitor R2# Nov 30 18:30:29.051: IP: s=2.2.2.2 (local), d=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), len 41, sending Nov 30 18:30:29.299: IP: tableid=0, s=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), d=2.2.2.2 (Loopback0), routed via RIB Nov 30 18:30:29.299: IP: s=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), d=2.2.2.2, len 40, rcvd 4 Nov 30 18:30:29.991: IP: tableid=0, s=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), d=2.2.2.2 (Loopback0), routed via RIB Nov 30 18:30:29.991: IP: s=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), d=2.2.2.2, len 42, rcvd 4 Nov 30 18:30:29.995: IP: tableid=0, s=2.2.2.2 (local), d=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), routed via FIB Nov 30 18:30:29.995: IP: s=2.2.2.2 (local), d=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), len 42, sending Nov 30 18:30:30.039: IP: tableid=0, s=2.2.2.2 (local), d=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), routed via FIB Nov 30 18:30:30.875: IP: tableid=0, s=2.2.2.2 (local), d=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), routed via FIB Nov 30 18:30:30.883: IP: tableid=0, s=2.2.2.2 (local), d=10.1.1.1 (FastEthernet0/0), routed via FIB R2#