[Techtalk] communicating with a switch

[Brenda Bell]

Quoting Brenda Bell <k15a-list-linuxchix at theotherbell.com>:

> Hmmm... my assumption is that the Hyperterm solution is pretty much
> terminal emulation over a directly connected COM port.  Maybe something
> like C-Kermit will do what you want
> (http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html).

Not that familiar with minicom or what you did to configure it, but this
doc may be of some use as well: 
http://www.linuxhq.com/ldp/howto/Remote-Serial-Console-HOWTO/modem-minicom.html

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Brenda
http://opensource.theotherbell.com