On Fri, 4 Jul 2003, Steve Holmes wrote: > That's an interesting option if the serial port is available. I do > happen to have a windows partition already set up here so I can get > into windows-only interfaces "if I have to," but if the originator of > this thread does not have windows available to him already, he is > stuck with the issues that Janina pointed out here previously. When > it comes to routers, I much prefer to roll my own on a linux box. I > realize many routers come pretty cheap these days but an old '486 does > the job pretty well. If you're talking dsl routers, this isn't possible realistically, without a lot of bother. My dsl router has access via a serial link, which is handy when I screw up the config, or I want to back up the config or even create more than one config - for this Minicom is your friend, once you've got it configured. I'm fortunate, in that my router has a reasonably Lynx-friendly interface, though it took some getting used to due to the huge number of frames, but the restart script can be run from a specific url and thus can be run from a script if necessary. As for accessing the interface to this router, have you considered using the chain links with javascript support? Such support is not perfect but it does work in some circumstances and may help in this regard. Cheers. -- Toby Fisher Email: toby at tjfisher.co.uk Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 ICQ: #61744808 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
