Terminal program to use for configuring cisco routers

[James McDonald]

Bill Campbell wrote:

>On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 04:53:46PM +1000, James McDonald wrote:
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>>Folks,
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>>I have a work laptop that I would like to install linux on my only issue 
>>is I need to know of a program that I can use the same as Hyperterminal 
>>so I can connect to cisco routers.
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>>Any suggestions?
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>>Can minicom do the job or is there a flasher version with a more gui feel?
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>Minicom (a virtual clone of the old DOS Telix) or kermit can do
>the job.  What's a GUI feel to do with a terminal program that's
>basically emulating a glass tty?  About the only thing GUI about
>a terminal emulation program are the menu choices to select
>options, and its ability to emulate the terminal expected on the
>router -- usually a fairly low-end DEC VT10x.
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I was in the market for some drop down boxes etc to configure the 
terminal with.

But truth be known there just aren't enough wizards in linux and so I 
really was looking for a  license agreement to accept then some next 
buttons and maybe a "would you like to launch readme.txt" at the end of 
it all. (j/k)

Actually I found a product called gtkterm that was very similar to 
hyperterm.