Serial Port command to Cisco 678

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

Folks,

I've managed to forget the password for my Cisco 678 DSL Modem.  I've found
instructions on how to reset it to the defaults (which will let me in to
change it again), but I'm having troubles accessing it through the serial
port command interface (the only way to do this reset).

I've tried with a desktop running SUSE 9.1 and a laptop running SUSE 9.0.
In both cases I'm trying to use Minicom to connect via the serial interface.
In both cases I tried /dev/ttyS0, /dev/ttyS1 & /dev/ttyS2 with no results.
I've tried 9600, 19.2K & 38.4K speeds (one manual says to use 9600, another
says to use 38400) on each port.  I just don't seem to get a result from the
DSL Modem.  All of the manuals call for 8N1, with no flow control, so that
is what I've used.

Am I missing something?  Using the wrong tools?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.


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