On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 09:31, Eric Sisler wrote: > Ok, I know there must be a simple answer to this, but I just can't find it. > > I'm trying to connect to the console port on a Cisco PIX via the serial > port on a Linux box. Most of the documentation I've found has to do with > connecting to the serial port from Windows or a dumb terminal. What I need > is something like Windows Hyperterminal that has a "direct to serial port" > option but I just can't seem to find one. Ideally I'd like something that > can be run from the CLI, but a GUI client is ok at the moment as well. Can > anyone buy me a clue? >
I have always had trouble with minicom as a serial terminal until I found some obscure howto that refered to deleteing all the stuff for the modem init strings exept for the Init String which needs to be ~^M~. Looking at my config on the machine I use to manage a voicemail system I see that the hangup string is also ~^M~. The one that I have connected to a remote DLINK switch does not have the hangup string set, go figure. After doing this and setting the serial settings to whatever the other box needs it has worked like a charm. I don't know if other folks take this for granted or don't need it or what but that is what I had to do. here is minirc.switch from the box that talks to my switch. [root@bru1 etc]# cat minirc.switch # Machine-generated file - use "minicom -s" to change parameters. pu baudrate 19200 pu bits 8 pu parity N pu stopbits 1 pu minit ~^M~ pu mreset pu mdialpre pu mdialsuf pu mdialpre2 pu mdialsuf2 pu mdialpre3 pu mdialsuf3 pu mconnect pu mnocon1 pu mnocon2 pu mnocon3 pu mnocon4 pu mhangup pu mdialcan pu mautobaud Yes pu rtscts No pu xonxoff Yes [root@bru1 etc]# with this I can type minicom switch and bingo I get the login screen HTH Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
