Serial access to a Extreme Nwtworks Switch

Benjamin Cance the_plague at bloodborn.net
Tue Mar 25 05:45:12 PDT 2008


Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:
> hello,
>
>  I am Running FreeBSD 7.0, I am trying to gain console access to my
> Extreme Networks Switch, the command cu -l /dev/cuad0 -s 9600 , Says
> Connected and then does nothing.... What am I doing Wrong?
> I have a Straight through serial cable connected to com1, Does someone
> know a quick way to do this From FreeBSD?
>
> the machine is a Dell 1650 if that matters
>
>
> Thank you in advance for any help
>
> Sam Fourman Jr.
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With Cisco products, we use a roll-over cable. I am not 100% sure if 
Extreme Networks use the same, but it maybe worth looking into.


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