[c-nsp] Cisco console port to USB

[Charles Sprickman]

On Mar 3, 2015, at 5:37 PM, Tim Jackson <jackson.tim at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is the best USB to serial adapter ever.
> 
> I'm still using mine from ~2004 or so.

Ditto.  I remember using ZTerm back when I bought mine.  A big plus for me is that the Mac driver doesn’t require a restart after install and pulling out the adapter without closing the term program doesn’t cause a kernel panic (in contrast to some other janky adapters I’d tried).

I have no financial stake in these people, but I do love their product catalog:

http://usbgear.com/USB-Serial.html

I have a few of their cheap multi-port boxes out there as ghetto console servers.  I think the oldest is going on at least 8 years now.  And not having to make a bunch of custom cables like I did for the old RocketPort PCI cards, that’s priceless.

Their catalog also generally lists which chipset the adapter uses, which is helpful for Mac and *nix users.

Charles

> 
> --
> Tim
> On Mar 2, 2015 10:23 AM, "Aaron" <dudepron at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Keyspan USA-19HS (aka x-triplite) or anything with an FTDI
>> FTDI is a popular chip so support is pretty strong.
>> 
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Matthew Huff <mhuff at ox.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Since Newer PC laptops and all Mac Laptops no longer have a serial port,
>>> what are people using to connect to Cisco console ports from laptops?
>> Does
>>> someone make a direct USB to Cisco console port (RJ45) or do people buy a
>>> serial to usb cable and use the stock cisco cable?
>>> 
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