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Quickterm is Hyperterminal equivalent for Mac

Yanurmal — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:39:20 +0000

To access Cisco console from Mac you can use QuicTerm application that very similar function with windows hyperterminal.

Quickterm

Quickterm Port Setting

Limitations and Bugs

QuickTerm does not understand any control codes, and will not emulate an ANSI or VT100 terminal. It does accept control code data as valid input, but does not display or otherwise act on unprintable characters. I looked into implementing this, but I don’t think it can be done easily without replacing the NSTextView that makes up the main window with a completely new control class. NSTextView (and its ancestor NSText) seem to be too focused on document-type data to be well adapted to this screen-based application.

QuickTerm only supports a single terminal window, so only one session can be active at a time.

No file transfer protocols are supported, although you could do a text transfer by copying from and pasting to the terminal window.

Preferences are not implemented. If you look at the source code, you’ll see that there is some commented-out code for adjusting the background and font colors. I didn’t finish the implementation.

QuickTerm will not disconnect if a data write is pending on the serial port when hardware flow control is enabled. It will disconnect after the write is done. If it never finishes, the app will hang and have to be force quit.

Use USB to Serial Adapter to access Cisco console

Yanurmal — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:06:36 +0000

Today brand new laptop not shipped with serial (RS232) port that we need to access Cisco console via hyperterminal.

USB to Serial adapter

USB to Serial adapter can solve this problem. With this “small” device you can create a serial RS232 port with easy and you can use it to access your cisco console via hyperterminal.

Cisco Configmaker

Yanurmal — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:01:28 +0000

This is an old software that can generate configuration for low and medium cisco product. If you are a beginer, you will love it. All simple config can be generated easily with drag and drop style.

Download here:
Old windows platform click here.
Windows XP platform click here.

Cisco Router Simulator

Yanurmal — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:22:05 +0000

Cisco router simulator is a software installed in your pc act as a router or switch like a real cisco device. You can setup several devices to create virtual LAN, WAN, VPN or Internet connection. Here you don’t need setup a hyper terminal to connect to your virtual devices ofcourse.

Below links to cisco simulator vendor,
   Commercial (demo available):
   – RouterSim
   – NetworkSims
   – CertExams
   – Boson

Freeware:
– JimSim

Don’t forget to visit this link:
– Ciscosim

Cisco Career Certifications & Paths

Yanurmal — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:21:25 +0000

ROUTING & SWITCHING
Associate: CCNA/CCENT
Professional: CCNP
Expert: CCIE Routing & Switching

DESIGN
Associate: CCNA & CCDA
Professional: CCDP
Expert: CCDE

NETWORK SECURITY
Associate: CCNA
Professional: CCSP
Expert: CCIE Security

STORAGE NETWORKING
Associate: CCNA
Professional: none
Expert: CCIE Storage Networking

VOICE
Associate: CCNA
Professional: CCVP
Expert: CCIE Voice

Source: Cisco website