Security Gateway Manual XG-7100-1U
2.2.4 Launch a Terminal Program
Use a terminal program to connect to the system console port. Some choices of terminal programs:
Windows
For Windows it is recommended to run PuTTY or SecureCRT. An example of how to configure Putty is below.
Warning: Do not use Hyperterminal.
Mac OSX
For Mac OSX it is recommended to run screen, or cu. An example of how to configure screen is below.
Linux
For Linux it is recommended to run screen, PuTTY, minicom, or dterm. An example of how to configure Putty
and screen is below.
FreeBSD
For FreeBSD it is recommended to run screen or cu. An example of how to configure screen is below.
Client-Specific Examples
PuTTY
Open PuTTY and select Session under Category on the left hand side. Next, set the Connection type to Serial.
Then, set Serial line to the console port that was located above, in Locate the Console Port Device, and the Speed to
115200 bits per second.
Click the Open button and the console screen will be displayed.
GNU screen
In many cases screen may be invoked simply by using the proper command line, where <console-port> is the
console port that was located above.
sudo screen <console-port> 115200
If portions of the text are unreadable but appear to be properly formatted, the most likely culprit is a character encoding
mismatch in the terminal. Adding the -U parameter to the screen command line arguments forces it to use UTF-8
for character encoding:
sudo screen -U <console-port> 115200
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