[lug] term session cisco

[Mr Viggy]

Another serial terminal program is 'minicom'.  I'm not sure what 
distributions this comes with, other than Slackware, though.  I found it 
to be similar to ProCOMM for DOS...

Viggy

j davis wrote:
> 
> 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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> jd
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