On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 07:32:56AM -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote: > On Wednesday 10 August 2005 01:13 am, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > > On 08/10/2005 12:27:50 AM, Chris Palmer wrote:
> ... I SSH into that server, then telnet into the device. When > I'm working on a device, being able to scroll back to stuff that's scrolled > off the screen is vital. We're required to log everything we do to the > devices, so logging at all times is necessary. There are a number of actions > that are highly repetitive. Scripting them makes it much easier and reduces > the chances of error. I also need to paste in long configs. If the info is > pasted in too fast, the router or switch will drop characters, so I need > something with a configurable delay after pasting characters or lines from > the clipboard. Most of the time, I upload new IOS files via TFTP. If a > router crashes or the flash memory croaks or for whatever reason it will only > come up to the rommon> prompt, it may require transfer via xmodem. etc, etc. Are you familiar with 'screen'? It's a bitch to google for help on the damn program, on account of the pedestrian name, but including the string 'screenrc' (the config file name) often helps. One hint: if you're use Ctrl-A a lot, e.g. in emacs or readline etc., bind screen's escape key to something else, like ctrl-T, by appending the following the /etc/screenrc (or ~/.screenrc, as you see fit): escape ^Tt I've been known to use netcat to upload text to cisco devices. Something like: netcat hostname 23 < script.txt where script.txt looks like: password term len 0 sho mac-address-table exit I know I'm not answering your original question; just thought I'd add further confusion by introducing even more options... ;) -- Ron Peterson Network & Systems Manager Mount Holyoke College http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~rpeterso -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
