<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>oh my.<br><br>so i bought a couple of 3900s and decided to get the USB console cable.<br><br>what a production to get it to work.<br><br><ul><li>have to download the software from CCO</li><li>have to install the software</li><li>have to look into your hardware listing to see the com port number it assigned</li><li>if you plug in the cable to a different USB port you have to reinstall the software (windows will do this automatically, but it still asks you)<br></li></ul><br>right now, the only advantage to a pure USB console cable over a USB-serial adapter is that perhaps you can upload software to the router faster than a serial cable.<br><br><br><br>---<br>Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.<br>Senior Analyst (CCS) * University of Guelph * Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1<br>(519) 824-4120 x56354 (519) 767-1060 FAX (JNHN)<br>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br>"Bad grammar makes me [sic]" - Tshirt<br><br></div></body></html>