Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
WinXP and Hyperterminal? Can you hear me over there in 2003?
Use PuTTY like everyone else.
https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~...ty/latest.html
Just make sure that each port on your switch is set to provide untagged traffic to end devices (PCs, printers) and that any tagged traffic is going out a port that is connected to something that expects tagged traffic.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I haven't used PuTTY in a couple of years - haven't needed to. I believe I downloaded it a while back, but without an immediate use for it, the knowledge just sort of seeps away.
Hyperterminal came with XP - not available on Win7. Doesn't matter - I just had to get into the console and since I don't have a VT-100 laying around, it worked.
The switch is now configured to my liking and tested. Next step is to put it in place, remove the other switches, and try to neatly dress the wires.
Fat City, kiddo, and I owe a lot of it to you.
Muchas gracias!!