I've noticed that I'm unable to type a UK-pound symbol (£) over the serial console using Cisco IOS 12.2. The symbol instead is interpreted as a hash (#).
If I open the Windows character map and copy-paste a £ into the console, it still is interpreted as a hash – really strange.
Also tried using both HyperTerminal and Putty – same result.
Can anyone help?
Thanks!
Best Answer
By default, Cisco IOS only understands traditional 7-bit ASCII characters. (ie up to ascii code 127).
If you want 8-bit characters, such as the pound sign, configure this in your router...
I need to give credit to Brett Lykins' answer because I didn't know IOS could support 8-bit characters until I saw his answer.