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My computer and switch both are connected to network. I need to connect to the console port of switch via serial port on my computer. I am using ubuntu.

How can I do that? How do I know whats the port where I've plugged the serial jack into and how to access it? I need some terminal emulator kind of thing.

Thanks.

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Connect it to COM1 with a normal serial cable, and connect minicom to /dev/ttyS0.

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Minicom is nice, but you might also want to just use screen. Something like screen /dev/ttyS0 9600 may be what you want. See embeddedfreak.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/… – Zoredache Aug 25 '10 at 23:30
Zoredache - you are awesome. screen works like a charm. – hari Aug 25 '10 at 23:37
Zoredache +1 I didn't know screen could do that....nice tip – 3dinfluence Aug 25 '10 at 23:46
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