Anyone have a similar problem or know how to check or restart the telnet
process on the router without a reload...?
Isnt't here a maximum of VTY's that can be used at one time? Perhaps
that's the problem. From the console what does the swtich say if you do
a "show users" or "who" ?
If it shows users, then there are some other connections using the VTY's
and probably not permitting any more connections.
Try clearing the vty's if you think they are stale.