[gentoo-user] Re: Linux comm program

[James <wireless@tampabay.rr.com>]

Daniel D Jones <ddjones <at> riddlemaster.org> writes:


> > > Daniel D Jones <ddjones <at> riddlemaster.org> wrote:
> > > > Is anyone aware of  a decent comm program for Linux?  Something along
> > > > the lines of SecureCRT for Windows?  (SecureCRT is a commercial
> > > > program.  There's supposed to be a Linux port in progress but I'd much
> > > > prefer to use Open Source.)  I can't seem to find anything but stuff
> > > > that was written in the '90s like minicom  or programs that have
> > > > limited capabilities.  For example, Komport (KDE's serial comm program)
> > > > is limited to a 25 x 80 screen, despite the fact that it's a GUI
> > > > program.  I'm looking for a GUI program with a scrollback buffer,
> > > > scripting, multi protocol support (ssh in all its various flavors,
> > > > serial port, telnet, rlogin), session logging, etc.  This is the kind
> > > > of technical itch that I would think lots of programmers would scratch,
> > > > but I haven't been able to find anything close.


> When I say I need a GUI, I mean I need something with a scroll-back buffer.  
> I'm a Cisco tech and being able to look at back at output that's scrolled off 
> the screen is vital.  A program like, say, Konsole, would be fine.


I've found the best thing to do is setup ppp natively on the linux system
and over the serial port on the cisco 1700, that I manage. That way, you do
have screen buffers to roll back previous messages. But, this is a dangerous
way to track log file, if that is what you are doing. Just have the cisco
send it's information to a log host. If you want to capture a session in detail,
I use the vintage unix 'script' command before I begin a session. It's all
packed into a file for your perusal at a later date.

Setting up ppp on the serial port of a cisco router can be an adventure.
When I called 'carrier support' I spoke with serveral cisco pros that
had not done this, and were not sure why I would want ppp between a cisco
router's serial port an a linux machine.

Boy, I sure miss the cisco days of the early nineties, when all the
internal cisco jocks were unix guys..... All things microsuck have polluted
the minds at cisco..... PS build your router with hardware from companies
that support linux, natively, and you'll be much happier, save your company
a bundle, and can robustly and securely implement complimentary protocols
on your servers and routers, such as OSPF.

YMMV,

James

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