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Subject: Re: Reverse Telnet (terminal Server) on Solaris
From: ScriptBoy@nospam.nc.rr.com (ScriptBoy)
Message-ID: <Xns909BB02D35343ScriptBoyNcRrCom@24.93.67.42>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 21:24:30 GMT
Organization: Road Runner - NC
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
Also, don't forget your cabling. What I mean is, for example, when
connecting an Ultra 1 or Sparc20 to a Cisco router, you need either a
male-male connector + the Cisco TERMINAL connector or a NULL-MODEM + the
Cisco MODEM connector. Hopefully I remembered these correctly.
fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) wrote in
<9d8t05$aem$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>:
> In article <9d7ns6$ien$2@news.panix.com>, Greg Andrews <gerg@panix.com>
> wrote: : stefaandk@{nospam}lucent.com writes:
> : >
> : >Does anyone know how to set this up.
> : >I need a reverse telnet (terminal server) on solaris.
> : >In other words I want to telnet into my solaris box and then use my
> : >serial ports for console access to a router.
> :
> : Sounds like you're connecting your router's RS232 console port
> : to your Solaris machine's RS232 port.
> :
> : So you would telnet or ssh to your Solaris machine, get logged in,
> : then use tip, kermit, or cu to send your keystrokes out through the
> : Solaris machine's serial port and see the replies from the router.
> : Tip and cu come with Solaris, kermit is an add-on program (though one
> : a lot of people use).
> :
> C-Kermit for Solaris is here:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit.html
>
> The advantage over tip and cu is that it lets you script repetitive
> or complicated interactions so you don't have to do everything by hand
> all the time. Some sites use Kermit scripts to configure their
> routers. This has the advantage that it can be done repeatedly, can be
> easily adapted to other routers, and serves as documentation of the
> router's configuration. For an introduction to Kermit scripts, see:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckscripts.html
>
> - Frank