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From: rossc@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Ross Cartlidge)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Subject: Re: kermit/uucp/etc. on cisco based outgoing modem?
Message-ID: <1990Nov11.064057.14567@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Date: 11 Nov 90 06:40:57 GMT
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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
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