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# 1  
Old 04-25-2009
how to connect to Cisco switch from Ubnutu
Hi,

I installed Ubnutu on my old laptop which does have COMM port, I want to connect to Cisco switch, I have Cisco cable connected to laptop.

On Windows, I usually bring up "Hyper Terminal" how do I do it here?

Please advice. Thanks.
# 2  
Old 04-25-2009
Try minicom (command line utility)
# 3  
Old 04-25-2009
If your laptop has X11 running I'd suggest putty instead. It's much easier to configure and use than minicom.
# 4  
Old 04-25-2009
you can just use the telnet client.
# 5  
Old 04-26-2009
PuTTY runs on Windows, not X11, and works only for SSH/Telnet connections. Telnet itself only works for IP networks. Both are no good if you want to connect over a serial line (which you have to use if you want to do basic configuration on Cisco hardware)
Last edited by DukeNuke2; 04-26-2009 at 09:19 AM..
# 6  
Old 04-26-2009
thats not right... putty also works on linux and has serial capabilities!

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/putty
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Old 04-26-2009
I stand corrected, didn't know that.
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