Minicom settings.

Hi,

Maybe someone here can help me. I use minicom to connect to the console of
several types of routers and switches and now I have a problem with Nortel
Switches. Most of the times I can connect just fine but sometimes I get
information on the console from the switch but I can't seem to be able to
send anything to the switch. Is there anyone here that has seen this
before? Is this a settings problem within Minicom of maybe a cabling
problem?

Greetings,
Jan Hugo Prins

Jan Hugo Prins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe someone here can help me. I use minicom to connect to the console of
> several types of routers and switches and now I have a problem with Nortel
> Switches. Most of the times I can connect just fine but sometimes I get
> information on the console from the switch but I can't seem to be able to
> send anything to the switch. Is there anyone here that has seen this
> before? Is this a settings problem within Minicom of maybe a cabling
> problem?
>
> Greetings,
> Jan Hugo Prins
>

Wild guess number 1:
Make sure that minicom is configured not to use hardware flow
control. In fact, turn flow control off completely.

Steve

Steve,

> Wild guess number 1:
> Make sure that minicom is configured not to use hardware flow control. In
> fact, turn flow control off completely.
>

I think that this was indeed the problem. Seems to work ok now.

Thanks a lot,
Jan Hugo Prins