Use:
screen /dev/ttyS0
When you're done, to kill your session, press Ctrl-A then K (uppercase) and answer 'y'.
HTH, Filipe
On 2008-11-27, Rudi Ahlers rudiahlers@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Guy Boisvert boisvert.guy@videotron.ca wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Hi all,
I see one of our switches doesn't want to respond to HTTPS or SSH commands, and I know it's connected to a server via a serial cable. I'm 3 hours drive from that server at the moment, so how can I connect to it from the Linux server, via SSH?
Hi Rudi,
First, what brand / model of switch is it? Cisco? HP?Cisco & HP support:
- Serial Connection
- Telnet
- Web
- SSH
But be aware that supported connection type varies from model to model and with firmware version / config.
For example, on Cisco switches, you won't get SSH if it's not configured properly. On Cisco, serial is always enable out of the box so you can configure it. It takes their "blue cable" (their are models with the black one too) and default serial settings are 9600,8,n,1.
Hope this helps.
Guy Boisvert, ing. IngTegration inc. _______________________________________________
It's a D-Link Layer 2 switch, with HTTPS & SSH configured, but I think there's something wrong with it, so I want to connect to the console to see what's up.
Something just told me when I got the switch to connect the console cable to a machine's serial port, just for in case.
And now is that "for in case" scenario. So,how do I use minincom,or screen to connect to it? I know the D-Link tech connected via his latop on using Window's Hyperterminal to connect to it, but the Linux server doesn't have it.
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