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Thomas Van de Hoef (thomasv@netlink.com.au) wrote:
: csf18@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz (Craig Falconer) wrote:

: >Andrew Pollock (apollock@bit.net.au) wrote:

: >: We'd like to be able to telnet to our PABX, which has the option of having a
: >: serial cable connected to it. We want to be able to connect a Linux box to
: >: it via a serial cable and telnet to the Linux box and connect to the PABX
: >: via the serial connection.

: >: Has anyone done this before, or does anyone know how to do it?

: >I think you have the terminology wrong.  The pabx supports a serial
: >console or terminal on an RS-232 port.  Thats not the same as a telnet.

: >The good news is if you link a null-modem cable to the pabx and then to a
: >spare serial port you will be able to telnet to the linux box and run
: >something like minicom to access the pabx.

: >I've done similar with a router.

: Like say ... A User telnets to port xxxx on the linux box, which
: automagically runs minicom and opens a connection to the pabx over its
: serial line ? This would save a double login (login to linux, login to
: pabx).

: What'd be involved in setting it up this way ?


We had a lot of suggestions to use minicom.  Not really what we are after.

More like, we'd like to be able to setup a dummy interface (similar
to what you would do for a virtual web site), and have a daemon that will listen
for a telnet request to that IP address, and then automatically (ie DONT run
minicom - anyone could do that in about 5 mins) connect you to the PABX's
serial port, and simply transfer characters between the serial
port and the telnet connection.

We thought surely someone must be doing this *somewhere* ???

Brent
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