minicom

cb3dwa

been having trouble for a while with putty and teraterm when consoled into a switch,

tried minicom of linux and works 100% better no disconnects at all

worth a try

Zartanasaurus

I've never had a problem with TeraTerm on windows. Minicom worked for me on Linux.

PC509

I've used PuTTY on Windows for a long time, and it's always seemed to work great, never any disconnects. Minicom on Linux is what I've used in the past when I made a Linux based access server (since replaced with a Cisco 2509). Both have worked very well in my experience. Out of curiousity, were you using a real serial port, or a USB>Serial converter? I've had a lot of issues with different converters (the one I have now has worked 99% of the time, others were around 25%).

cb3dwa

it was a usb converter,

always had trouble with them, not on minicom though,

putty and others work fine for telent and ssh

ive had several converters and all have been poor from expensive to ebay ones

Zartanasaurus

cb3dwa wrote: »

it was a usb converter,

always had trouble with them, not on minicom though,

putty and others work fine for telent and ssh

ive had several converters and all have been poor from expensive to ebay ones

I use an IBM converter at work. It's more expensive, but I've never had an issue with it, ever. IBM doesn't publish Win7 drivers, but I was able to track them down on an obscure manufacturer website.

Worked fine under XP, 7 and FreeBSD.

alxx

ftdichip devices work fine on linux - have a lot at work and a few here at home - also work well on windows and mac.

We use the easy sync brand.
USB to RS232

Can also use screen or kermit.

sudo screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200

Shanman

+1 for minicom

bud08

Shanman wrote: »

+1 for minicom

Here I thought I was the only one not using putty. Good to know.