Thank you. It works! I just used Minicom to access the Cisco router. Ubuntu Linux is definitely impressive.
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Kim Yong <[email protected]> wrote: > Just do a 'dmesg | grep /dev/ttyUSB' after you plugin your usb2serial > converter. Otherwise use lsusb to find if the system recognize the usb > device. you will probably might need root privilege to access the dev > http://www.strdoc.net/hyperterminal-replacement-ubuntu-minicom > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:25 PM, Mark Philip <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I am using Ubuntu 10.04 on a Lenovo S10 netbook, and need to connect >> to the console port of a Cisco 1841 router for configuration. >> >> What I have: >> >> 1) 1 USB to Serial Port converter cable >> 2) 1 Cisco Serial Port to cable >> >> Has anyone done this? Sorry, but I've only ever used Windows >> Hyperterminal to do this, coupled with the appropriate drivers in >> Windows XP. >> >> I tried this to get the serial port location: >> >> >> http://blog.mypapit.net/2008/05/how-to-use-usb-serial-port-converter-in-ubuntu.html >> >> I've also tried installing both Minicom and Putty terminal software >> using Ubuntu Software Center, but don't know where to locate the >> programs after successful installation as the icons are not anywhere. >> >> Is there a better way(s) to do this? I would prefer a Ubuntu software >> like Hyperterminal for terminal emulation as it's more convenient to >> work with the GUI than the command line. >> >> Hope to hear from you all - many thanks! >> >> Mark. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] >> List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq >> Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet >> To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected] > > > > -- > There's no place like ~ > _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
