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Novice Joined: 10 May 2001 Posts: 39 Location: USA

I have been using zMUD for a long time as a MUD client and am finally getting around to looking at CMUD. In looking at CMUD it became obvious that it could be useful at a task that it wasn't purpose built for but for which it fits very well, the configuration of various network devices (via telnet and ssh). To that end I was wondering if Zugg had any plans, or would be willing to entertain, putting in support for serial connectivity. Telnet and SSh are wonderful however when I am first bringing up devices that have no network connections and need initial configurations I routinely access them directly through the db-9 console ports using windows terminal or putty. It would be great if the cmud could also do this and make my configurations and data collections much more efficient (run inital setup scripts, collect data after configurations are complete, etc). I would assume that someone had mentioned this topic at least in passing, but if not, I can see a few other folks who might want or need this function. Thanks.

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:09 pm

Yes it has been mentioned before. I doubt very much that serial support will be added as it is an entirely different beast from telnet/ssh. I think the last time this was brought up that it was suggested that it might be possible to use a tcp/ip to serial bridging program. A Google search for such a program is http://www.google.com/search?q=ip+serial+bridge and gives the second and third sponsored links as: http://www.tacticalsoftware.com/products/serialip.htm?gclid=COyy3bPi8ZICFQU11AodjykD5A and http://www.taltech.com/products/tcpcom.html?gclid=CL6Xg9Hi8ZICFQGm1Aod7Qtc3w which both seem like they will do the trick and both come with a thirty day trial so you can give it a try.

Novice Joined: 10 May 2001 Posts: 39 Location: USA

Thanks so much, I will give this a try.