Console tool advice

[John Chambers]

	 > 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 simp
	le
	 > but I have just never came across it or can't find the experiance on
	line.
	 > 
	 
	 'minicom' I think is a good choice...

Or just use good old cu:
   cu -l tty01
which gets you a dumb connection to whatever happens to  be
plugged into /dev/tty01. I wonder how many other tools will
also do this sort of thing?  (I've occasionally used expect
in the same fashion, but you first have to install it.)

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