Debian-Edu servers spiderport info

The debian-edu servers are borrowing serial console access from NUUG, using their Spiderport.

To administrate the spiderport, use telnet to cserv.nuug.no port 2048. The password is fetched from Petter Reinholdtsen or Anders Nordby. One should always telnet from a machine on the local net to avoid sending the password in clear text over the Internet.

To look at the configuration of one of the existing terminals:

Admin: sl 2

                             LINE CHARACTERISTICS

 Line   Type   Max    Baud   Flow Control  Parity  BPC  Modem     Port   T/P
Number          VC    Rate                    Control   Number  Mode
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2   Slave     1     9600   H/W    H/W     NONE    8    OFF      2051   OFF

To configure a new terminal. (3, 4 and 5 is free at the moment [2004-06-23], prefer using port numbers from 2052 and up.):

Admin: en 3

Enabling line 3

Admin: cl 3


   Line Number          : 3
   Type                 : Terminal
   Max Virtual Circuits : 4
   Baud Rate            : AUTO
   Input  Flow Control  : NONE
   Output Flow Control  : XOFF
   Parity               : NONE
   Bits per Character   : 8
   Modem Control        : OFF
   Password             : NONE

Type  (TERMINAL) ? slave
Baud Rate <110,300,600,1200,2400,4800,9600,19200 or 38400> ? 9600
Input  Flow Control  (NONE) ? H/W
Output Flow Control  (XOFF) ? H/W
Parity  (NONE) ? NONE
Bits Per Character <7 or 8> (8) ? 8
Modem Control  (OFF) ? 
Port Number (23) ? 2052
Password  (NONE) ? PASSORD
Transparency Mode  (OFF) ? 

Line updated as follows:

   Line Number          : 3
   Type                 : Slave
   Baud Rate            : 9600
   Input  Flow Control  : H/W
   Output Flow Control  : H/W
   Parity               : NONE
   Bits per Character   : 8
   Modem Control        : OFF
   Port                 : 2052
   Password             : "PASSORD"
   Transparency         : OFF

Admin: quit

Checking non-volatile memory .......

Parameter changes stored in non-volatile memory: 8 bytes changed.


Remote Administration Completed
Connection closed by foreign host.