On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 andy at theasis.com wrote: > Unfortunately, you need telnet to talk to most little routers (like ISDN > routers) over the network. Whatashame. Paranoid: Step 1. Connect Linux box to console port on switches/routers/etc Step 2. SSH into linux box. Use minicom. Not so paranoid: Just set up a box internally that you can SSH to. telnet from there into your switches/routers. You're far safer doing this by keeping the telnet stream off the interent and in a safer environment. -Brian