We (US Bank) have had good luck hooking our e3000's up to an iTouch terminal
server. They support SSH-1 and Telnet. We use the secure web consoles too,
however, I am not too fond of them, they seem rather cumbersome to use.
Since our A-Class machines have them built in we use them.
-Jon
Jon Cellini
Sr. Unix Systems Engineer / Midrange Architect
US Bancorp
"Michael Anderson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:9p25vg028bi@enews2.newsguy.com...
> So you have the same problem, it just hangs for no apparent reason, is it
just something configured wrong, or (so unlike HP) is this just a piece of
junk, that needs to be thrown out!
>
> If received a private response from someone who connected his console to a
cisco terminal server. Then uses Telnet to access it from anywhere, with a
password on the port. No problem, and maybe even cheaper.
>
>
> >>> "Paveza, Gary" <[log in to unmask]> 09/28/01 09:15AM >>>
> Couldn't really tell you why, but we used it when we bought our first
> N-class (HPUX though). Neat idea. Nice to be able to connect from
> anywhere. Not worth it however due to problems getting it to always be
"on"
> and "not hung" No way I feel good about letting the operators use it.
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Gary L. Paveza, Jr.
> Production Support Analyst - Lead
> (302) 761-3173 - voice
> (877) 720-2970 - pager
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Anderson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 10:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Secure Web Console
>
> On Sept 5th I wrote the following:
> ******
> I want to retire the old terminal, and connect the M.P.E. console
> to a Terminal Emulator using a COM port on a NT workstation. In fact I
have
> done this, but it hangs sometimes, and the only way to get the console
back
> is to power cycle the HP-3000, and restart the terminal emulator. Has
> anyone on the list done this before, or have any pointers to do this the
> right way?
> ******
>
> This list is great, I always get the full spectrum of opinions,
and
> suggestions. When I asked about console emulation (above) , Secure Web
> Console was mentioned in almost all replies. The reason I asked about
> console emulation was because when I used Reflections, or Minisoft, or
> QCTERM, the console would sometimes hang, so I was thinking that maybe
some
> serial communications settings of some kind was not set correctly, and
maybe
> someone on the list would say, "make sure your parity and stop bits are
set
> to...., and disable the ......". But most everyone mentioned Secure Web
> Console, so I thought maybe HP does some weird things with serial console
> I/O, and getting a SWC is the proper solution because it no doubt has all
> these serial communication problems workout. After all it is an HP
product,
> designed to do exactly what I want, makes more sense. So, I purchased a
> Secure Web Console to replace the old HP700 terminal. Serial
communications
> has always been a pain, so many variables to consider, now with the SWC we
> have Networked Serial Communications. My new SWC hangs just like the other
> terminal emulators, so I am back to the old HP700 terminal, it's simple
and
> reliable. If anyone knows why my SWC is so flaky, I'd really appreciate
the
> info.
>
> Thanks for listining ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
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> Spring Independent School District
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> Houston, Texas 77090-4299
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