I wish I had a Cisco router. My router is just going to be a 386 PS/2 or a P166 depending on if I can get the 386 PS/2 to work. I need to find a way to jack the dumbterminal into that router. :)
Rob On Thu, 13 May 1999, Kevin Lee wrote: > Robert, > > If it is a cisco router you will see a RJ45 console port on the back of it. > The 7000, 7500 series if I remember correctly will have a RS-232. This is > actually a serial connection that runs a 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop > bit, and no parity. Cisco also supplies an adapter for the serial > connection between a terminal or pc and the RJ45. While in console mode > you can telnet directly out to another host. The command is: telnet > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx or telnet <hostname> if you have dns set up on the router. > By attaching the dumb terminal to the router's console port you will not > need to assign an IP address. > > Kevin Lee > Vulcan Industries > (205) 640-2433 > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.vulcanind.com > > > > At 10:00 AM 5/13/99 -0500, you wrote: > >I'm creating a network in my home and have a dumb terminal I'm not sure > >hwo to network. I want to make it able to login to the router I have and > >telnet out. What would be best would be a straight telnet machine without > >logining into the router, but I don't think that is possible. All it has > >on it is a serial port and no way to assign it an IP. I'm guessing I can > >just make this another terminal screen on the router, but I'm not quite > >sure how to do this. I should be able to connect the two serial ports > >together and tell the router to put a console to that com port, right? Or > >any I way off? How would I go about adding this dumb terminal to the > >network? Any help would be preciated. Thanks. > > > > Rob > > > >======================================================================= > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] : Role-Player, Babylon 5 fanatic 1998-99 > >Aka Khyron the Backstabber : ICQ# 2325055 > >Homepage: www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ratirh > > > >"Happiness comes in short spurts. Don't be fooled." > >======================================================================= > > > > > >-- > >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null > > > > > ======================================================================= [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Role-Player, Babylon 5 fanatic 1998-99 Aka Khyron the Backstabber : ICQ# 2325055 Homepage: www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/ratirh "Happiness comes in short spurts. Don't be fooled." =======================================================================