Re: usb => serial port converter

[Paul Duncan <paul.d@soi-team.org>]

Hi Lee,

Its very much "horses for courses". 

If all you want to do is talk to network switch console ports, there are cheap cables from Amazon that will do that. 

If you *only* want a general purpose RS-232 StarTech and TrendNet should just work. 

If you want to be able to do other things like RS-422 and RS-485, I would recommend a Moxa uPort 1150. Be aware that you will have to install the Moxa driver to use this - its not generally included with the kernel.

Cheers,

Paul.

On Sun, 7 Jul 2024 at 22:02, Lee <ler762@gmail.com> wrote:

What's everybody using for a usb => serial port converter?

I got a new network switch and .. OhNoes!! how to I talk to the darn thing???

I went looking thru cabinets and came up with a keyspan usb -> serial
dongle; a quick search found the site with driver downloads, but they
all were for Windows or MacOS.  I tried plugging the dongle into my
debian laptop but it didn't recognize it :(

So... what are people using to talk to serial devices now that PCs
don't come with serial ports anymore?

And what program are you using to talk to something over the serial
link?  pterm or something else?

I still have a Windows machine, so install the drivers, configure
putty to talk to COM4 & I'm good to go.  But I'm trying to get *away*
from Windows.  How do I talk to my switch over the serial port?

Thanks,
Lee

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