On a different term, I'm building a cheap terminal server for console access to multiple routers. Basically a old P133 (486 would work, too :), a cheap multiserial card, linux. Telnet to the machine, minicom, bingo! internal console access for those things you won't telnet to (for example a bridge without ip addresses, a test firewall without telnet/ssh/whatever access ecc) or you just lost connection to (damn!) or is reloading and you want to see the boot messages, too. Definitively better than a windows box + hyperterminal + pcAnywhere or Vnc or similar. The next step would be configuring a screen (the program screen I mean) to autostart at boot with minicom (or whatever) set up as the shell ecc, in order to have a persistent scrollback history through sessions. Any comments ? The only weak point for now: I just can't make copy/paste work, neither from telnet or console... lost characters for any paste longer than some chars. It almost seams as if minicom is not buffering the input it gets, so any input faster than the serial line gets lost. Heiko -- -- PREVINET S.p.A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Via Ferretto, 1 ph x39-041-5907073 -- I-31021 Mogliano V.to (TV) fax x39-041-5907087 -- ITALY Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=6612&t=6612 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
