Router>^@ What is this? 2

[Halfcan]

Hi,
When I connect to a cisco 2501 with hyperterminal I get this when I use the UP arrow. What ever command I typed last, runs.

Hyper terminal settings:
bits per second: 9600
data bits: 8
parity: none
stop bits: 1
flow control: none

?

hc

 

[Halfcan]

when I hit the up arrow:
RouterB#show int^@
and the command executes.

thanks in advance,
hc

 

[Halfcan]

AND,
2 more lines of RouterB#^@ after each one...

RouterB#show clock^@
18:35:13.739 UTC Thu Aug 25 2005
RouterB#^@
RouterB#^@
RouterB#show clock^@
18:35:14.811 UTC Thu Aug 25 2005
RouterB#^@
RouterB#^@
RouterB#

 

[jneiberger]

I'm going to turn blue telling people this...stop using HyperTerminal!! It's awful piece of software. Why use such a piece of junk when you can get FAR better alternatives for free?

For example, you can get Putty here:

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

Or, my preferred free application, TeraTerm Pro:

http://www.ayera.com/teraterm/

Pick one. Use it. Put HyperTerminal in the Recycle bin. Be happy.

 

[valarian]

jneiberger is right, the emulation of hyperterminal just always had a problem with translation of the the arrow-keys.
When you are so fond of hyperterminal you want to keep using it anyway, use ctrl-p instead of arrow-up. This is the original cisco-way of browsing the command history and it should work even with hyperterminal.
The better choice of course would be Teraterm...

Mike

 

[vlf]

ZOC is a pretty nifty terminal emulator too.

 

[Halfcan]

Thanks for the input. I will use putty.
HC