[lug] term session cisco

[j davis]

thank you :)

>From: Matthew Snelham <infinite at sigalrm.com>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>Subject: Re: [lug] term session cisco
>Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 16:53:19 -0600
>
>On 31 Aug 2002 10:39 PM or thereabouts, j davis wrote:
> > hello,
> >   I got a Cisco 2900 Catalyst yesterday. When i got home eger to play i
> > could
> > not figure out how to term into my Cisco via serial port. So, I used
> > my roomates windoz box (hyperterm) to turn telnet on. In the future I
> > would like to beable to program a router from start to finish with
> > my linux laptop. Could some one point me to some software or a "how to"
> > to help me term into my Cisco when telnet is not enabled.
>
>All you need is a serial terminal program, of which there are dozzens.
>Hopefully someone else can cover the alternatives.
>
>I generally use the 'cu' command, a very *old* serial connection program,
>but a very simple one to use.  It's usually part of the 'uucp' tool
>package, which stands for "Unix to Unix Copy Program".
>
>So to connect to your cisco, run something like:
>
># cu -l /dev/ttyS0 -s 9600
>
>... and hit enter a few times.
>
>As always, RTFM, but the sequence tilde-period '~.' tells cu to disconnect.
>
>--Matthew
>infinite at sigalrm.com
>
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thanks,
jd

jd at taproot.bz
http://www.taproot.bz

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