25 Aug
2009
25 Aug
'09
3:49 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Robert Moskowitzrgm@htt-consult.com wrote:
I have to reinit a firewall that can only be done from its console port, and I do not have an XP system with Hyperterminal on it.
So I went through the archive and learned that minicom could do the job for me. I installed it and went to configure it (minicom -s). I can set the speeds, but the challenge is selecting the serial device. I have a Serial-to-USB dongle, and when I connect it, the gnome hardware browser is showing a FIDI usb serial converter that was not there before connecting the dongle. But what /dev/thingee do I put into the minicom configuration?
Check dmesg, but for me it's usually /dev/ttyUSB0 when I use a USB-to-serial adapter.
HTH,
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-Bob