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 at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Guy Boisvert <boisvert.guy at 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. > > > -- > > Kind Regards > Rudi Ahlers > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Sent from my mobile device