Dear all,

We now have a solution to the "kermit problem". The kermit serial terminal 
emulator program is now obsolete and therefore not supported by our VM linux 
distribution. Instead we will use "minicom" serial terminal emulator. To use 
minicom successfully, you need to have a configuration file (minirc.dfl) placed 
in the /dev directory on your VM machine. I include the content of this file at 
the end of this e-mail. You can do this by typing the content of the file in a 
editor program (such as gedit) and saving it with the correct name in the /dev 
directory. Once you do this, you can run minicom on the command line prompt to 
connect to the cisco routers via serial connection. 


Once you are connected to the cisco router, you will operate in the EXEC mode 
on the router. To configure the router, you will need to switch to Privileged 
EXEC mode for which you will need a password. The password for this is "itlab" 
on the 2600 routers. We have a new router on set2 and its password is "cisco". 

Please let me know if you have any problems in accessing the routers or doing 
your lab. 


minirc.dfl file content below:
# minirc.dfl file
pr port             /dev/ttyS0
pu baudrate         9600
pu bits             8
pu parity           N
pu stopbits         1
# end of minirc.dfl file


Thanks,
Kamil