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From: BILLW@mathom.cisco.com (WilliamChops Westfield)
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Subject: [cisco] Re: kermit/uucp/etc. on cisco based outgoing modem?
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Date: 17 Nov 90 07:09:15 GMT
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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?
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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
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