There are a number of excellent terminal emulation programs available for connecting to a networking device either by a serial connection over a console port or by a Telnet/SSH connection. Some of these include:
- PuTTY (Figure 1)
- Tera Term (Figure 2)
- SecureCRT (Figure 3)
- HyperTerminal
- OS X Terminal
These programs allow you to enhance your productivity by adjusting window sizes, changing font sizes, and changing color schemes.