* On 2019 27 Nov 02:44 -0600, Paul Sutton wrote: > Hi > > We have need, at the South Devon Tech Jam to gain access to a switch > that has a serial port, but using the serial port, (having issues using > the switch ip address). > > I have a netbook running debian along with a usb -> 9 pin serial > connector cable. and have been asked to install software to allow serial > connection. > > "Something that gives as close to a proper RS232 serial port operation > as possible." > > As there seems to be a wide range of options presented by 'apt search > serial' I decided to ask here for recommendations please. I recently was working with the serial port on a Buffalo router I bought second hand and tried Cutecom, but could not send the break (Ctl-C) through it to the router. I then tried gtkterm and it worked without any fuss allowing me to manually upload and flash a new firmware. The hardware was a USB to TTL adapter with a pigtail with square pin connectors that plugged onto a header I soldered to the router's circuit board. Your connection should be much easier. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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