Yep, me too. I haven't figure out how to do it on the newer Macs that don't have serial ports, but I've done it on the older Beige Macs. When I first needed to do it, I dug through some old hardware I had. I found an old modem (28.8) that had cables for Mac (printer or modem port) and PC. The cable adapter for the Mac fit the cable for the Cisco router so I tried it and it worked. As for Hyperterminal, you can use ZTerm, which has been around for as long as I can remember. And I remember when Multifinder was shareware! Everyone does remember Multifinder, right? On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 02:01 PM, konrad cichocki wrote: > Being a Network Admin, I find it necessary to > sometimes have to use a serial cable to look at a > configuration of a switch or router. > How can I do this with a Mac since they never had a > 9-pin serial connection? > Is there some kind of converter? What application in X > acts like HyperTerminal on the PC? > > TIA > Konrad > -- Brent Baisley Systems Architect Landover Associates, Inc. Search & Advisory Services for Advanced Technology Environments p: 212.759.6400/800.759.0577