Cisco Terminal Server Menu

Found this great article on creating a menu system to improve the usability of your terminal servers. I have tweaked the config for my own needs recently and think it adds a touch of class.

The article on Routing-Bits takes you through the full configuration.

Launch Telnet from Internet Explorer

I came across this problem when I tried to click the Telnet link in CiscoWorks Device Center using Internet Explorer 8 and got a rather unwelcome error.

It turns out a change in security policies for Internet Explorer 7 onwards disables telnet URLs, URLs beginning telnet:// which invoke the users telnet client.

Here are details of how you can [...]