Which Terminal Emulator Should I Use?

Occasionally I have need to use a terminal emulator. Usually for something like configuring a Cisco switch via the console.

Since I use Windows for this sort of thing, I normally use Putty.

Putty - works great, but it has a terrible user interface. So I went looking for a better program. I found TeraTerm.

TeraTerm has a decent user interface and it has a lot more features, like scripting and drag/drop SCP. It also has Cygwin integration which makes copy/paste much easier than a regular Cygwin terminal.

TeraTerm is a much better free solution than Putty.

TeraTerm is available on the OSDN Open Source Project Page.