[c-nsp] USB to serial converter

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

The Belkins work fine with MacOS X if you use the open source driver
from sourceforge.

Ted

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Ramcharan, Vijay
> A
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 7:05 AM
> To: Cisco-nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] USB to serial converter
> 
> 
> 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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