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

[Amarjit Sonik -aka- Nick]

interesting topic that caught my eye, use the add programs, i think there's a gui ver of putty you could install and get the job done oh yeah just specify in the connection tab /dev/USB0 i think, can't remember, did it a long time ago..but after a while u'll kinda do everything from within your console...

oh and a word of caution not all the usb2serial converters works yeah..u might wanna be on the look out for that. 

hope the info came in time if you're still experimenting.

Regards
Sonik

P.S there's alot of utilities within ubuntu that could help with cisco, surprised that some ppl are not aware after using ubuntu for long. 



--- On Tue, 17/8/10, Mark Philip <mphilip27 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Philip <mphilip27 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-SG] [Slugnet] Connecting to a Cisco router via USB/Serial converter & newbie questions
> To: "Kim Yong" <limkimyong at gmail.com>
> Cc: slugnet at lugs.org.sg, "Ubuntu Lists" <ubuntu-sg at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Date: Tuesday, 17 August, 2010, 9:50
> 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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