[Techtalk] communicating with a switch

[Brenda Bell]

Quoting Hamster <hamster at hamsternet.org>:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a have a cisco switch that I want to communicate with using the
> console cable.
> 
> The console cable is plugged into COM2 (I believe this is ttyS1) of my
> linux
> box. The settings it needs are 8N1 no flow control.
> 
> Right. So how do I now actually communicate with it? I'm ashamed to say
> I
> only know how to get it working using the win Hyperterm programme.
> 
> Back on my linux box, I've installed the programme minicom, but I cant
> work out how to tell it to use a direct connection rather than talk
> through a modem.
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on how to do this? Either through minicom or
> a
> completely different method.

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).



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Brenda
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