On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote:
:Next week I'm teaching basic router configuration to some high school
:students. One of the students has a notebook computer that runs Linux.
:Assuming there is a normal serial port on the notebook, will he able to
:easily run a terminal emulator to connect to the console port on the Cisco
:routers?
:
:I know he'll be able to do Telnet once we have an initial config, but
:before we get to that point, can he config the routers in a similar fashion
:to the HyperTerminal the Windoze users will be using?
Linux has a terminal emulator called minicom. I use it daily
and prefer it over Hyperterm.
Minicom will work just fine with the default settings
however you can customize it. To make changes you need to
be root in linux. You can either start minicom just by
giving the minicom command or you can start at the config
screen by typing minicom -s. You will probably want to
clear out the Modem & Dialing options. This is the only
change I would suggest.
When you are ready to save the config choose save as
"cisco". The next time you start minicom give the command
minicom cisco and the settings will be loaded.
To bring up a menu in minicom press <crtl a> then
z. Minicom issues a real control-break unlike some versions
of Hyperterm.
FYI, depending on the version of linux and the permissions
set you may need to be root to run minicom. Its not a
problem, just wanted you to know in case you have that
situation.
--
--Rick
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