[Ubuntu-SG] [Slugnet] Connecting to a Cisco router via USB/Serial converter & newbie questions

Mark Philip mphilip27 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 17 01:50:13 UTC 2010


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 <limkimyong at gmail.com> 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 <mphilip27 at gmail.com> 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.
>>
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