BILLW@mathom.cisco.com (WilliamChops Westfield) (11/17/90)
Archive-name: tcpcon/31-Oct-90
Original-posting-by: BILLW@mathom.cisco.com (WilliamChops Westfield)
Original-subject: Re: kermit/uucp/etc. on cisco based outgoing modem?
Archive-site: ftp.cisco.com [131.108.1.27]
Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti)
I'd love to have an outgoing modem attached to one our cisco terminal
servers and get copies of kermit, xmodem, uucp and all that stuff that
could go from our Unix systems out across the net and use the modem on
the box. I'm interested only in outgoing (call originated here) use
of the modem. The question, of course, is whether anyone has already
made the necessary hacks to the software so I can spend my nights
sleeping instead of coding.
You might take a look at tcpcon.shar, retrievable via anonymous ftp from
ftp.cisco.com. This is a set of programs written by Ross Cartlidge
(somewhere "down under"). Near as I can tell, the idea is to set up
a device /dev/ttypx, or whatever such that when you open (file system)
the device, it opens (network) a connection to a specific tcp host/port.
From the documentation, it appears that this was originally intended
for talking to a Bridge terminal server from a MIPS box. It may need
modifications for use with other systems.
Kermit/uccp/etc all have the ability to talk to a tty device - using
this program, the intermediate network connection ought to be invisible.
This program has not been tested by cisco, and is not supported by cisco.
Enjoy
BillW
-------rossc@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Ross Cartlidge) (11/21/90)
Archive-name: tcpcon/11-Nov-90 Original-posting-by: rossc@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Ross Cartlidge) Original-subject: Re: kermit/uucp/etc. on cisco based outgoing modem? Archive-site: archive.su.oz.au [129.78.64.13] Archive-directory: /archive/nd Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) BILLW@mathom.cisco.com (WilliamChops Westfield) writes: > I'd love to have an outgoing modem attached to one our cisco terminal > servers and get copies of kermit, xmodem, uucp and all that stuff that > could go from our Unix systems out across the net and use the modem on > the box. I'm interested only in outgoing (call originated here) use > of the modem. The question, of course, is whether anyone has already > made the necessary hacks to the software so I can spend my nights > sleeping instead of coding. >You might take a look at tcpcon.shar, retrievable via anonymous ftp from >ftp.cisco.com. This is a set of programs written by Ross Cartlidge >(somewhere "down under"). Near as I can tell, the idea is to set up >a device /dev/ttypx, or whatever such that when you open (file system) >the device, it opens (network) a connection to a specific tcp host/port. >From the documentation, it appears that this was originally intended >for talking to a Bridge terminal server from a MIPS box. It may need >modifications for use with other systems. I'm the "Ross Cartlidge" Bill is talking about. The latest version is ftpable from archive.su.oz.au, in archive/nd/*, although it hasn't changes much in a while. We use it for UUCP, SLIP, dial-in/out modems, printing etc. We have a policy of having NO lines on machines and it seems to work very well. In fact, slip seems to work better on virtual lines than real lines - less problems with interrupts! It also works if you want to have a "tty" that links two machines on the Internet. It works on SysV or BSD and should be easily adaptable to any terminal server. I have used Bridge, Transerver and Annex without any problems. Mail me if you have any problems -- ________________________________________________________________________ Ross Rodney Cartlidge | rossc@extro.ucc.su.oz.au University Computing Service, H08 | Phone: +61 2 6923497 University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia | FAX: +61 2 6606557