And I do now know about minicom, thank you.

anthony

On Monday 16 February 2004 10:08 pm, tickticker wrote:
> Now that the list is up:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
>
> The Story:
>
>  I was at a client site yesterday, covering for a colleague who is out of
> town (Hawaii damn him) and both internal and external interfaces were
> purported to be down.  I whipped out my laptop and presto!! Realized I had
> no clue how to connect via the Rollover cable to the console port of the
> router.  I felt like the guy was looking at me fumbling around looking for
> a way to connect. I tried all sorts of stuff, but with no internet
> connection, could not do a search. I could hear my bosses snide comment
> "Quit using that Linux crap!!" and became determined to find as many ways
> as possible to connect via console via FOSS.  I will be doing Google
> searches to round things out, but there is no substitute for direct
> referrels.
>
> I started using linux on my laptop 6 months ago or so, and have found all
> the remote administration tools that I need, until yesterday that is.  What
> is a good console program, or in fact HOW, do I console into my networking
> equipment via serial port? Well I suppose I know how, but what software or
> commands are available?
>
> Luckily I removed an offending interface card and upon reboot, the ethernet
> port responded.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> anthony
>
>
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