It is possible to capture the results of your HyperTerminal session in a text file, which can be viewed and/or printed using Notepad, WordPad, or Microsoft Word. | Introductory Lab 2 Capturing HyperTerminal and Telnet Sessions Objective This activity describes how to capture HyperTerminal and Telnet sessions. Note Be sure to master these techniques. They will save you a tremendous amount of typing in later labs and while working in the field. Step 1 Log in to a router using HyperTerminal. It is possible to capture the results of your HyperTerminal session in a text file which can be viewed and or printed using Notepad WordPad or Microsoft Word. Note This feature captures future screens not what is currently onscreen. In essence you are turning on a recording session. To start a capture session choose the menu option Transfer Capture Text. The Capture Text dialog box appears as shown in the following figure. The default filename for a HyperTerminal capture is and the default location of this file is C Program Files Accessories HyperTerminal. Note When you are using Telnet the command to begin a capture or log is Terminal Start Logging. The document you create has LOG as the extension. Other than the name and path of the capture file the logging procedures are the same for both Telnet and HyperTerminal. Make sure that your floppy disk is in the A drive. When the Capture Text dialog box appears change the File path to A . Click the Start button. Anything that appears onscreen after this point is copied to the file. Step 2 Issue the show running configuration command again and view the entire configuration file. From the Transfer menu choose Capture Text Stop. Telnet users should select Stop Logging from the Terminal menu to end the session. Step 3 Using the Start menu launch Windows Explorer. You might find Windows Explorer under Programs or Accessories depending on which version of Windows you use. In the left pane select the 3 floppy A drive. On the right side you should see the file you just created. 1 - 2 Semester 5 Advanced Routing - Lab Copyright 2001 Cisco Systems Inc. Double-click
