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Recommendation for a USB console cable
Howling Monkey
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Anyone have a recommendation for a USB console cable or adapter cable.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
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Optionsziggi138 Member Posts: 94 ■■□□□□□□□□I use this one in my home lab, and i carry one around in my laptop bag. usb to serial adapter | eBay
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Optionskalebksp Member Posts: 1,033 ■■■■■□□□□□I use these: Newegg.com - CABLES UNLIMITED USB-2920 USB 2.0 to Serial DB9 Adapter
If you use Windows 7 and let Windows pull down the driver from the Internet it works great. The cheap ones (particularly Prolific chipset) consistently bluescreened every laptop I've used them on. -
OptionsNetadmin320 Member Posts: 10 ■□□□□□□□□□I use the following that my work bought for me and it works great
USA-19HS - Keyspan High-Speed USB to Serial Adapter
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OptionsDaniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□I use Prolific ones I snagged new off ebay. I bought 3 of them to make my life easier to manage multiple devices. Think I paid $1 each, $2 shipping. Work great under Ubuntu, plug and go! No drivers games at all. Plug and go.
Worked under Mac too, but it required a reboot and they appear as modems which I thought was strange.-Daniel -
Optionscyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 ModI use this one at work and in my home lab Amazon.com: Sabrent SBT-USC1M Hi-Speed USB 2.0 to Serial (9-pin) DB-9 RS-232 Adapter Cable (1-foot, Blue): Electronics
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Optionslordy Member Posts: 632 ■■■■□□□□□□Look for a model with Prolific-Chipset. This chipset is working with Linux, OSX and even Windows.Working on CCNP: [X] SWITCH --- [ ] ROUTE --- [ ] TSHOOT
Goal for 2014: RHCA
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OptionsNewManSoon Banned Posts: 53 ■■□□□□□□□□I use Prolific ones I snagged new off ebay. I bought 3 of them to make my life easier to manage multiple devices. Think I paid $1 each, $2 shipping. Work great under Ubuntu, plug and go! No drivers games at all. Plug and go.
Worked under Mac too, but it required a reboot and they appear as modems which I thought was strange.
+1 for Prolific drivers.. works great in Linux too.