console cable to access switches

[Mark Haney]

john matijevic wrote:
> Hey Mark,
> thanks again for your assistance Ok:
> here is the output:
> dmseg | grep tty
> console [tty0] enabled
> usb 5-1:pl2303 converter now attatched to ttyUSB0
> it looks like it recognizes it so I dont have to do anything,
> been a while since i use linux and i love it already, just need to 
> help me get this working, i appreciate it,
> how do i enable the emulator, i have the console cable hooked up to 
> the switch, how do i start the emulator from the command line or gui .
> Thanks,
> John
Well, you know the device is on ttyUSB0, so it should be a matter of 
firing up minicom and configuring it to use ttyUSB0 for the correct 
settings for the device (I think for Cisco it's 9600,8N1).


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Mark Haney
Sr. Systems Administrator	
ERC Broadband