[cisco-voip] OT: mac book terminal program

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

> I know there are some Mac users out there.. i recently got a mac book and am
> looking for some info on what people use to console into a cisco
> router/switch/whathaveyou. I have a USB - serial cable, just looking for
> recommendation on software (i can't find any software included in the OS
> that does this). found a few in the wild but figured i'd ask around.
> 
> I use tera term pro on my windows systems - no mac version though that i've
> found for it though.

you can use the basic always there 'cu' command.... eg

cu -s 9600 -l /dev/ttyS0

(depends on what the USB adapter makes your serial look like)

theres also ZTerm  (which i'd recommend for its more inituitive file
xfer methods... using cu with XModem  can be a little arcane!)

alan