minicom to Cisco console port
 

Hi,

I am trying to connect to a cisco router console port using minicom.
I have the cable connected to com5 on my laptop which is the usb port.
I have a USB-Serial converter to a Cisco rolledover cable.
This works fine with hyperterminal on windoze.

I am using /dev/ttyS4 as the device and 9600 8N1.
I have also edited /etc/inittab.conf to respawn agetty as seen in another post here. None of this seems to work. I still get 'offline' in minicom.

Any ideas, has anyone got this working before?

If I cannot get this working does anyone know of another app I can use in linux to do this? it would save me rebooting into windows and using secureCRT or puTTY.

TIA

Hi.

Do you have the 'usbserial' module loaded?

Dave

yes I have,
lsmod says usbserial is there.

minicom says initialising modem then says press CTRL-A Z for help.

I have tried to turn on local echo which works. I then tried a CTRL-M and a CTRL-J

but still no login prompt.

Thanks for replying

I case anyones interested.

These are storage routers from Cisco, 5428s, I want to use them to sit between a SAN and MPLS Vlans. So a long way to go yet, and I cant get minicom to work!

The storage routers have a mgt connector that I can browse to. This does seem to work yet either. (I can ping it but not browse anything).

I want to use bith from Linux otherwise I will have to use windows.

Regards,
C-w C-spc C-y
pasted.

Me again.

Is the correct driver for your model of USB-serial converter being loaded? I've looked in the kernel config, and there's quite a few there.

Dave

Well the web mgt now works, but only through Linux. (5428 configuration)
The Console works but only through Windows terminal emulators.

I'm pretty sure it is ok but I will have to check. Ive been away a couple of days, thanks for the response. I will find the info, maybe even fix it!

More info soon.
Cheers,
Neil.