Console tool advice

[lgk011 at dma.isg.mot.com (Gordon Keegan)]

> > Hey group,
> >  I have successfully transformed my Dell laptop into a smokin linux
> > boxen, everything my company does I can do in linux(and better).
> > There is one thing I do that I need advice on. To trouble shoot some
> > network issues sometimes I have to console into routers or switches with
> > the serial port on my laptop, in win$ I just use hyperterminal. What do
> > people use to do this in Linux? This is probably something Very simple
> > but I have just never came across it or can't find the experiance online.
> > 
> 
> 'minicom' I think is a good choice...
> 

Do you have to do anything special to connect directly to a
serial device using minicom?  The couple of times I've tried
to do this, minicom seemed to insist that I dial a phone number.

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