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Do you use PuTTY for accessing cisco devices at work?
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I use PuTTY for practice but I was wondering do people use that at work as well? or do they use something more professional from cisco?
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JeanM Member Posts: 1,117
putty works just fine, i've seen many CCIE's use it too.2015 goals - ccna voice / vmware vcp. -
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Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
I use PuTTY as well works fine for me!!*Associate's of Applied Sciences degree in Information Technology-Network Systems Administration
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MTciscoguy Member Posts: 552
I have never used anything but putty for several years now.Current Lab: 4 C2950 WS, 1 C2950G EI, 3 1841, 2 2503, Various Modules, Parts and Pieces. Dell Power Edge 1850, Dell Power Edge 1950. -
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OfWolfAndMan Member Posts: 923 ■■■■□□□□□□
Putty initially. Now it's more of the SuperPutty. You can manage multiple sessions that way and have your AAA credentials pre-entered:study:Reading: Lab Books, Ansible Documentation, Python Cookbook 2018 Goals: More Ansible/Python work for Automation, IPSpace Automation Course [X], Build Jenkins Framework for Network Automation [] -
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Jon_Cisco Member Posts: 1,772 ■■■■■■■■□□
I have been using teraterm. I can't really say what the differences are but I like it. -
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Putty and Tera term are alright but I like Reflections better.In pursuit of CCNA:SECURITY; CCNP; THEN MCSE -
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shodown Member Posts: 2,271
Secure CRT on MAC, and windows. I use Putty or ITerm when I just need to jump on something quick. I have too many clients with too many devices to not have them saved.Currently Reading
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jvrlopez Member Posts: 913 ■■■■□□□□□□
Use putty daily.
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networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
SecureCRT on Windows usually. Terminator on Linux is my preferred method though.An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made. -
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Zoovash Member Posts: 84 ■■□□□□□□□□
SecureCRT for Windows, Gnome Connection Manager on Linux for accessing network devices and Terminator for everything else. -
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SecureCRT for me!Networking, sometimes i love it, mostly i hate it.Its all about the $$$$ -
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wes allen Member Posts: 540 ■■■■■□□□□□
Teraterm is what I used to use when I did more networking stuff, putty just seems clunky or something. Now I mostly just use a linux vm to ssh to other linux machines, since I usually have one open anyway. Would probably buy SecureCRT if I started needing ssh from a windows box. -
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I've never worked on a production network (yet) but have spent many hours on my CCNP topology lab and also SSH'ing into many other devices.
I would really struggle to use Putty all the time, when I was doing a Mininet / Openflow SDN Project I had to use Putty and it was painful.Getting There ...
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For Mac OSX, I like to use ZTerm! It's shareware, but awesome. PuTTY for windows. KiTTY is not bad either. -
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Qord Member Posts: 632 ■■■■□□□□□□
I use putty for anything ssh. There are add-ons/variants out there that make it much nicer, like the putty connection manager. -
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networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
XShell is a nice alternative to SecureCRT. It's free for home use.An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made. -
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krjay Member Posts: 290
SecureCRT here. Putty if I'm not at my desk2014 Certification Goals: 70-410 [ ] CCNA:S [ ] Linux+ [ ] -
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MAC_Addy Member Posts: 1,740 ■■■■□□□□□□
I use Putty for home and Putty Connection Manager at work.2017 Certification Goals:
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FloOz Member Posts: 1,614 ■■■■□□□□□□
SecureCRT all the way, especially at work. SuperPutty for home use. -
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W Stewart Member Posts: 794 ■■■■□□□□□□
I typically run linux on all of my computers including at work so I just use openssh. -
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I use PuTTY at home and work. Great program and the price is unbeatable.MacGuffin - A plot device, an item or person that exists only to produce conflict among the characters within the story. -
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theodoxa Member Posts: 1,340 ■■■■□□□□□□
I was offered a choice of PuTTY or TerraTerm on my first day. I chose PuTTY as that is what I was already familiar with.R&S: CCENT → CCNA → CCNP → CCIE [ ]
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RouteMyPacket Member Posts: 1,104
PuTTY sucks but hey if people want to use it meh, whatever. I prefer to use tools that make me more productive and less overhead.
ZOC, SecureCRT are my choices for terminal access. I'd even use SuperPuTTY before reg PuTTYModularity and Design Simplicity:
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SteveO86 Member Posts: 1,423
I use both. Even bought a personal copy of SecureCRT since the last place I was at did not use it. I prefer it for it for the 'send chat to all' box and I configured the automatic logging for every session. Comes in handy when reviewing changes or outages.
I still use putty everyday as well for those one-off devices I don't have a session for in SecureCRT.My Networking blog
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