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Article: 12420 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: dold@81.usenet.us.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: terminal emulator to connect to a cisco router?
Date: 11 May 2001 15:34:59 GMT
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In comp.protocols.kermit.misc Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
: Dean Thompson <Dean.Thompson@csse.monash.edu.au> wrote:
: : > I have my laptop running RH 7.1, and I need a terminal emulator to connect
: : > and copnfigure a cisco router. can anyone suggest one? thanks.
: The advantage of Kermit is that you can script all the interactions with the
: router; minicom is strictly manual and interactive. Lots of sites use Kermit
: to monitor and configure routers and terminal servers. See:
: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html C-Kermit website
: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckscripts.html Script examples
We use Kermit to configure and update Cisco, Brocade, Lantronix,
Crossroads, and some telephony switches.
In all cases, it does correct logins, uploads config files or handles
interactive chats.
It plays well with perl scripting as an external tool to build config files
that it properly sends to the device with prompt and response checking.
And...
The same scripting runs on kermit under Solaris, Linux and WinNT.
The provided telnet.ksc is a good place to start customizing.
ckermit.ini shows the "open read" for reading a separate text file of
commands.
If you can understand all of the sample scripts, you'll know more than I've
needed, using kermit since 1984 to automate tedious keystroke tasks.
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Clarence A Dold - dold@email.rahul.net
- San Jose & Pope Valley (Napa County) CA.