>I know there is a way to set up a serial-port terminal connection to >another device (Cisco router in this case), just like Hyperterm for >Windows. Unfortunately, I am having trouble finding instructions on how >to do it. Can someone here point me in the right direction? This is standard console over serial, for which minicom will not help you as there isn't a way (at least not that I know of) to make it act like a dumb terminal. You want to avoid all CD (carrier-detect, ie don't detect the presence of a carrier signal.) and flow-control and jump on cisco's website to get the RJ-45 --> DB-9 pin-outs. It should be easy, example, an 800 series cisco router use's RJ-45 for console on pin's 2, 5, and 6, which are rx, gnd, tx which connect to pin's 2, 3 and 5 on the DB9 (serial) connector on your PC. In kermit, enter the following set line /dev/ttyS0 (or whatever your using) set baud 9600 (default for cisco, and a lot of other stuff) set carrier-watch off set flow-control off (not really important because there's no flow-control paths anyways) connect and you'll have a direct-serial connection, aka console over serial, provided you have your kernel configured correctly etc. Good luck, -- Thomas J. Hudak Systems Administrator Sistina Software Inc. - www.sistina.com Phone: 612.379.3951 Page: 612.318.1967 Fax: 612.379.3952 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010321/b8355b91/attachment.pgp