WHY WON'T THIS STUPID THING WORK!!!!!
I already did configure it on a Windows box so I know it isn't broken and I
know the cord works. I just can't get it to load up in minicom or seyon.
On Monday 21 June 2004 17:18, Kevin wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 16:39, Michael Havens wrote:
> > On Friday 18 June 2004 09:09, Craig White wrote:
> > > generally a com program needs to 'connect' or 'dial' (with a direct
> > > connection, dialing is the same as connecting)
> >
> > And what do I dial too? Wait a second here! I am connecting to a serial
> > port (ttyS?)(duhhhh! S=serial)(so that means my modem is considered a
> > serial then) So how do you reinitialize the serial port? It must be
> > 'Hangup' and then 'initialize Modem'. Do I have to shut the whole program
> > down?
> > So then, to be sure all of my ducks are in a row:
>
> ---[snip]---
>
> Everything looks correct. The serial port you are connecting to is
> probably /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1. With all the settings as you have
> described them, you should be able to connect your serial cable, then
> power cycle the switch. Tap the [Enter] key a few times to send some
> characters to the switch. This should be enough to establish the serial
> connection. If you do not see the switch printing anything back to your
> screen at this point, then you probably have a bad cable or a bad
> switch.
>
> ...Kevin
>
>
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