[c-nsp] USB to serial converter

[Ramcharan, Vijay A]

Not Bluetooth related... 
It's been my experience that you can fix usage of the same COM port on
XP laptops by plugging the adapter into each USB port in turn and then
using Device Manager to set the COM port being used  to one that you
know isn't used by something else. 
That way, no matter which USB port you use, it's all the same COM port. 

As an aside, I use an Aten UC232A adapter (not sure what chipset it is).
It's been rock solid for the past 3 years or so that I've had it. I used
to have a Belkin adapter before this one which would cause inexplicable
XP blue screens. Threw the Belkin adapter out soon after getting the
Aten. 
 
Vijay Ramcharan  


 
Vijay Ramcharan, CCIE #14824, CCDP, MCSE. 
Network Engineer, Verizon Business - RAM 
C: 917-821-8009. 
  
-----Original Message-----
From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
[mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Justin Shore
Sent: February 04, 2008 09:43
To: 'Cisco-nsp'
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] USB to serial converter

Forgive me for hijacking the thread but it's a related topic.

Does anyone have any positive experiences with Bluetooth console 
adapters?  They could easily eliminate most of the serial port woes.  I 
bought a BlueConsole adapter well over a year ago but due to Microsoft 
screwing up XP's Bluetooth stack I could never get it to work.  My new 
laptop with builtin Bluetooth can see the adapter and connect but I 
never get any output (nor does the device appear to be getting any of my

input).  I haven't heard back from BlueConsole support.  Perhaps their 
new model will work better (or maybe I have a dud) but

I carry around a cable I bought at RadioShack many years ago.  It 
appears to have the Prolific chipset.  It works fine, though it did take

a while to figure that it used a different COM port for each of the 4 
USB interfaces in my laptop.  I had to create SecureCRT profiles for 
each of my physical interfaces (Left top/bottom, Rear top/bottom).

Does anyone have any product recommendations or warnings?  Off-list 
responses are fine.  I'll summarize back to the list.

Justin

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