Terminal Noobie Question help!

So trying to do some terminal work with my cisco 2520 and connected to the console port with a usb/serial adapter.

I load up my terminal and see the boot process and since it is a new router, it asks me if I want to do the initial configuration.

I try to type yes and nothing comes out. Do some googling and found out I had to enable Local echo. Tried that and it now types, but when I press enter, it just goes back to the beginning of the line and nothing happens.

Here are my configurations:

Please help as I want to get started practicing the Cisco CLI

Thanks!

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Somnipotent

what terminal program are you using?

Node Man

Are you using a rollover cable or straight-through?

Sounds Good

I am using Tera Term

I am connected to the console port via a RJ-45 to Serial cable and I have a serial cable to USB adapter connected to it.

Node Man

Sounds Good wrote: »

I am using Tera Term

I am connected to the console port via a RJ-45 to Serial cable and I have a serial cable to USB adapter connected to it.

I believe that if you are not using 'the blue one' ie the blue cable that originally came with the cisco device, that you will need to come up with a rollover cable. They are needed for consoling in to a device.

Ltat42a

Also need to know what Com port on your PC the cable is using. From your config above, it's using Com5. Is that the right port?

Sounds Good

Node Man wrote: »

I believe that if you are not using 'the blue one' ie the blue cable that originally came with the cisco device, that you will need to come up with a rollover cable. They are needed for consoling in to a device.

I am using the original cable that came with the router. It says cisco systems on it. The cable is an RJ-45 to serial cable. I don't have a serial port, so I used a serial to usb adapter and plugged the usb into my computer.

Yes com5 is the correct port. I see the initial boot process of the router and it asks me if I run to enter the intial configuration dialog? [yes/no]?

when I press enter, it just goes back to the beginning of the line where W is

Thanks for the help so far!

Patel128

Can you try it in Putty and see if it is just a setting error in teraterm? Also how long have you waited after it goes back to the start of the line. I have had it one time hang up for a second and then start outputting information.

Sounds Good

Patel128 wrote: »

Can you try it in Putty and see if it is just a setting error in teraterm? Also how long have you waited after it goes back to the start of the line. I have had it one time hang up for a second and then start outputting information.

same thing happens in putty.

Is there a setting I'm missing? I have to turn on local echo in order to type

boredgamelad

Have you tried other USB ports on your computer?

Sounds Good

boredgamelad wrote: »

Have you tried other USB ports on your computer?

yes I have

MickQ

Try hitting 'n' and see what your input/output is like. It'll add to our data for debug.

Sounds Good

MickQ wrote: »

Try hitting 'n' and see what your input/output is like. It'll add to our data for debug.

pressing n where? in the terminal?

nothing happens in case you meant the terminal

Patel128

I think MickQ means when the terminal asks yes or no, you press no instead of no.

Sounds Good

Patel128 wrote: »

I think MickQ means when the terminal asks yes or no, you press no instead of no.

yes I've tried no, nothing happens

i've tried it on 2 routers. neither work

Roguetadhg

Howdy. So might as well go over a checklist of what you did do, for the record. Not that I don't believe you, I just don't believe you... Alright.

Here are my TeraTerm (4.71) settings:

1. Have you tried another computer?
a. Have you tried another router/switch?

Device Manager Checks:
2. There's no bang (Exclaimation point) for any hardware?
3. Confirm that the COM port is correct within Ports (COM & LPT):
- Mine: Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM6)

Tera Term:
4. Uninstall completely. Restart the computer. Install Tera Term. Try again
5. Try my configuration:

Within the TERATERM configuration file, within the teraterm folder. Create a backup of the old configuration file, then copy this into your current configuration. Restart the computer. Never really hurts to do it.

[BG]
; Use Background extension (on/off)
BGEnable=off

; Use AlphaBlend API (on/off)
BGUseAlphaBlendAPI=on

; Susie plugin path
BGSPIPath=plugin

; Fast window sizing/moving
BGFastSizeMove=on

; Flickerless window moving
BGFlickerlessMove=on

; If HideTitle=on and BGNoFrame=on, use window without frame
; you can resize window with Alt + Shift + LeftDrag
BGNoFrame=on

; wildcard => random select
BGThemeFile=theme\*.ini

[Tera Term]
; Tera Term version number
Version=2.3

; Language (English/Japanese/Russian/Korean/UTF-

Language=UTF-8

; User interface language file that includes message strings.
; Tera Term uses built-in English message when the file or message is not found.
UILanguageFile=lang\Default.lng

; Connecting timeout value(per seconds). No action if the value is zero.
; Connecting socket could be canceled after the value timeout if the value is greater than zero.
; The default value is zero(depends on Windows TCP/IP stack implementation).
ConnectingTimeout=0

; pasting string by clicking mouse right button disabled
DisablePasteMouseRButton=off

; pasting string by clicking mouse middle button disabled
DisablePasteMouseMButton=on

; confirm pasting string by clicking mouse right button
ConfirmPasteMouseRButton=off

; confirm changing clipboard string by clicking mouse right button
ConfirmChangePaste=on
ConfirmChangePasteCR=on
PasteDialogSize=330,220
ConfirmChangePasteStringFile=

; Scroll out the current buffer when the clear screen does.
ScrollWindowClearScreen=on

; Reset scrollback on display activity
AutoScrollOnlyInBottomLine=on

; Starting the selection only by a left button.
SelectOnlyByLButton=on

; Duplicate session by Alt-D Accelerator key disabled
DisableAcceleratorDuplicateSession=off

; Send break by Alt-B Accelerator key disabled
DisableAcceleratorSendBreak=off

; Duplicate session Menu disabled
DisableMenuDuplicateSession=off

; New connection Menu disabled
DisableMenuNewConnection=off

; Send break Menu disabled
DisableMenuSendBreak=off

; ANSI color definition (in the case FullColor=on)
; * UseTextColor should be off, or the background and foreground color of
; VTColor are assigned to color-number 0 and 7 respectively, even if
; they are specified in ANSIColor.
; * ANSIColor is a set of 4 values that are color-number(0--15),
; red-value(0--255), green-value(0--255) and blue-value(0--255).
ANSIColor=0,0,0,0, 1,255,0,0, 2,0,255,0, 3,255,255,0, 4,128,128,255, 5,255,0,255, 6,0,255,255, 7,255,255,255, 8,64,64,64, 9,192,0,0, 10,0,192,0, 11,192,192,0, 12,64,64,192, 13,192,0,192, 14,0,192,192, 15,192,192,192
; xterm
; ANSIColor=0,0,0,0, 1,255,0,0, 2,0,255,0, 3,255,255,0, 4,92,92,255, 5,255,0,255, 6,0,255,255, 7,255,255,255, 8,127,127,127, 9,205,0,0, 10,0,205,0, 11,205,205,0, 12,0,0,238, 13,205,0,205, 14,0,205,205, 15,229,229,229
; PuTTY
;ANSIColor=0,0,0,0, 1,255,85,85, 2,85,255,85, 3,255,255,85, 4,85,85,255, 5,255,85,255, 6,85,255,255, 7,255,255,255, 8,85,85,85, 9,187,0,0, 10,0,187,0, 11,187,187,0, 12,0,0,187, 13,187,0,187, 14,0,187,187, 15,187,187,187
; Tera Term Pro 2.3
;ANSIColor=0,0,0,0, 1,255,0,0, 2,0,255,0, 3,255,255,0, 4,0,0,255, 5,255,0,255, 6,0,255,255, 7,255,255,255, 8,128,128,128, 9,128,0,0, 10,0,128,0, 11,128,128,0, 12,0,0,128, 13,128,0,128, 14,0,128,128, 15,192,192,192

; Enable continued-line copy
EnableContinuedLineCopy=on

; Mouse cursor type (arrow/ibeam/cross/hand)
MouseCursor=ibeam

; Translucent window (0 - 255: transparency value)
AlphaBlend=255

; Cygwin install path
CygwinDirectory=c:\cygwin

; Viewlog Editor path
ViewlogEditor=C:\Windows\notepad.exe

; Locale for Unicode
;Locale=chs
Locale=american

; CodePage for Unicode
CodePage=65001

; Background color of text uses background color of screen (on/off)
UseNormalBGColor=on

; Port type (serial/tcpip)
Port=tcpip

; Window positions
VTPos=-2147483648,-2147483648
TEKPos=-2147483648,-2147483648

; Terminal size
TerminalSize=80,24
; Terminal size=window size (on/off)
TermIsWin=on
; Auto window resizing option (on/off)
AutoWinResize=off

; Convert a received new-line (CR) char to CR/CRLF/LF
CRReceive=CR
; New-line code to be transmitted (CR/CRLF)
CRSend=CR

; Terminal ID
TerminalID=VT100

; Local echo (on/off)
LocalEcho=off

; Answerback
Answerback=

; Auto window switching (VT<->TEK; on/off)
AutoWinSwitch=off

; Kanji code to be received (SJIS/EUC/JIS)
KanjiReceive=UTF-8
; JIS Katakana code to be received (7/

KatakanaReceive=8

; Kanji code to be transmitted (SJIS/EUC/JIS)
KanjiSend=UTF-8
; JIS Katakana to be transmitted (7/

KatakanaSend=8
; Kanji-in sequence to be transmitted (@/B)
KanjiIn=B
; Kanji-out sequence to be transmitted (J/B)
KanjiOut=B

; Russian code set used in host
RussHost=Windows
; Russian code set used in PC
RussClient=Windows

; Window title
Title=Tera Term

; Cursor shape (block/vertical/horizontal)
CursorShape=block

; Hide title & menu bars and enable popup menu (on/off)
HideTitle=off
; Hide menu bar and enable popup menu (on/off)
PopupMenu=off

; Color mode (on/off)
EnableANSIColor=on
PcBoldColor=on
Aixterm16Color=on
Xterm256Color=on

; Enable scroll buffer (on/off)
EnableScrollBuff=on
; Scroll buffer size
ScrollBuffSize=10000

; Text and background colors
; for Normal characters
VTColor=0,0,0,255,255,240
; for Bold characters
EnableBoldAttrColor=on
VTBoldColor=0,0,255,255,255,240
; for Blink characters
EnableBlinkAttrColor=on
VTBlinkColor=255,0,0,255,255,240
; for Reverse characters
EnableReverseAttrColor=on
VTReverseColor=255,255,255,0,0,0

; URL(hyper link) text color
EnableURLColor=on
URLColor=228,55,156,255,255,240
URLUnderline=on

; Enable clickable URL
EnableClickableUrl=on

; for TEK window
TEKColor=0,0,0,255,255,255

; TEK color emulation (on/off)
TEKColorEmulation=off

; Font
VTFont=Terminal,0,-12,255
; Bold style font (on/off)
EnableBold=on
; Font for TEK window
TEKFont=Terminal,0,-8,255

; Russian code set of the font
RussFont=Windows

; Backspace key (BS/DEL)
BSKey=BS
; transmit DEL by Delete key (on/off)
DeleteKey=on

; Russian code set used in the keyboard driver
RussKeyb=Windows

; Meta key (on/off/left/right)
MetaKey=off

; Meta key sets MSB (off/raw/text)
Meta8Bit=off

; Application keypad mode disabled.
DisableAppKeypad=off

; Application cursor mode disabled.
DisableAppCursor=off

; Serial port parameters
; Port number
ComPort=1
; Baud rate
BaudRate=9600
; Parity (even/odd/none)
Parity=none
; Data (7/

DataBit=8
; Stop (1/2)
StopBit=1
; Flow control (x/hard/none)
FlowCtrl=none
; Transmit delay per character (in msec)
DelayPerChar=0
; Transmit delay per line (in msec)
DelayPerLine=0

; TCP/IP parameters
; TCP port#
TCPPort=22
; Telnet flag (on/off)
Telnet=on
; Telnet terminal type
;TermType=vt100
TermType=xterm

; Auto window closing option (on/off)
AutoWinClose=on
; History list of hosts
HistoryList=on

; Binary flag for Send File (on/off)
TransBin=off

; Binary flag for Log (on/off)
LogBinary=off
; Log append (on/off)
LogAppend=on
; plain text flag for Log (on/off)
LogTypePlainText=on
; timestamp flag for Log (on/off)
LogTimestamp=off
; without transfer dialog flag for Log (on/off)
LogHideDialog=off
; Default Log file name. You can specify strftime format to here.
LogDefaultName=teraterm.log
; Default path to save the log file.
LogDefaultPath=
; Auto start logging with default log file name.
LogAutoStart=off

; XMODEM option (checksum/crc/1k)
XmodemOpt=checksum
; Binary flag for XMODEM Receive and ZMODEM Send (on/off)
XmodemBin=on

; XMODEM receive command
XmodemRcvCommand=

; Default directory for file transfers
FileDir=C:\Program Files (x86)\teraterm

; Filter for send file
FileSendFilter=

; Save Broadcast Command History
BroadcastCommandHistory=on

; Broadcast command enabling flag on the dialog window (on/off)
AcceptBroadcast=on

; Number of broadcast command history
MaxBroadcatHistory=99

;

special options (see Tera Term help)

; C1 (8-bit) control characters
Accept8BitCtrl=on
Send8BitCtrl=off

; Accept remote-controlled window title changing (off/overwrite/ahead/last)
AcceptTitleChangeRequest=overwrite

; Wrong kanji-out ^[(H (Japanese only)
AllowWrongSequence=off

; Alternate screen buffer support
AlternateScreenBuffer=on

; Auto file renaming for downloading
AutoFileRename=on

; Auto text copying
AutoTextCopy=on

; Back wrap
BackWrap=off

; Beep by BEL (on/off/visual)
Beep=on

; Beep on connection & disconnection
BeepOnConnect=off

; B-Plus auto receive
BPAuto=off

; Escape all control characters in B-Plus
BPEscCtl=off

; B-Plus log
BPLog=off

; Clear serial port buffer when port opening
ClearComBuffOnOpen=on

; Clear screen when window is resized
ClearOnResize=on

; Clear screen after the connection is closed
ClearScreenOnCloseConnection=off

; "Disconnect?" warning
ConfirmDisconnect=on

; Control characters in kanji (Japanese only)
CtrlInKanji=on

; Confirm send a file when drag and drop
ConfirmFileDragAndDrop=on

; allow the sequences related to cursor control
CursorCtrlSequence=off

; Display all characters (debug mode)
Debug=off

; Delimters for word selection
; (compatible with earlier versions of Tera Term)
; DelimList=$20
; DelimDBCS=off
DelimList=$20!"#$24%&'()*+,:;<=>?@[\]^`{|}
DelimDBCS=on

; Disable mouse event tracking when Control-Key is pressed.
DisableMouseTrackingByCtrl=on

; Disable wheel to cursor translation when Control-Key is pressed.
DisableWheelToCursorByCtrl=on

; Line at a time mode
EnableLineMode=on

; Popup menu
EnablePopupMenu=on

; "Show menu bar" command
EnableShowMenu=on

; Enable the status line
EnableStatusLine=on

; Display "New Connection" dialog on startup
HostDialogOnStartup=on

; Enable IME / inline input (Japanese only)
IME=on
IMEInline=on

IMERelatedCursor=off

; Windows 7 jump list support
JumpList=on

; Kermit log
KmtLog=off

; Language selection
LanguageSelection=on

; Lock Terminal Unique ID
LockTUID=on

; Max scroll buffer size
MaxBuffSize=500000

; Max serial port number
MaxComPort=256

; Mouse event tracking
MouseEventTracking=on

; Maximized window bug tweak
MaximizedBugTweak=on

; Nonblinking cursor
NonblinkingCursor=off

; Polygon cursor for KILLFOCUS
KillFocusCursor=on

; Delay for pass-thru printing (in secs)
PassThruDelay=3

; Direct pass-thru printing
PassThruPort=

; Delay for paste per each lines (in msec)
PasteDelayPerLine=10

; Allow the sequences related to printer control
PrinterCtrlSequence=on

; Printer font
PrnFont=

; Page margins for printing
; (left, right, top and bottom in 1/100 inches)
PrnMargin=50,50,50,50

; Quick-VAN log
QVLog=off

; Quick-VAN window size
QVWinSize=8

; Russian code set of printer font
RussPrint=Windows

; Save VT Window position
SaveVTWinPos=off

; Max lines per one jump scroll
ScrollThreshold=12

; Scroll line count with mouse wheel button
MouseWheelScrollLine=3

; Text selection on window activation
SelectOnActivate=on

; Startup macro
StartupMacro=

; Strict Key Mapping
StrictKeyMapping=off

; TEK mouse code
TEKGINMouseCode=32

; Telnet Auto Detection
TelAutoDetect=on

; Telnet binary option
TelBin=off

; Telnet auto echo
TelEcho=off

; Telnet log
TelLog=off

; Standard telnet port
TelPort=23

; Keep-Alive packet sending interval on telnet connection (per second, 0=disabled)
TelKeepAliveInterval=300

; Auto setup for non-telnet
TCPLocalEcho=off
TCPCRSend=

; Terminal Unique ID
TerminalUID=FFFFFFFF

; Title format
; format ID: 5(000101) <title> - <host/port> VT/TEK
; format ID: 13(001101) <host/port> - <title> VT/TEK
; format ID: 29(011101) <host:tcpport/port> - <title> VT/TEK
; format ID: 45(101101) <host/port:baud> - <title> VT/TEK
; format ID: 61(111101) <host:tcpport/port:baud> - <title> VT/TEK
TitleFormat=61

; Allow the sequences related to title report (accept/ignore/empty)
TitleReportSequence=empty

; Translate mouse wheel to cursor key when application cursor mode
TranslateWheelToCursor=on

; Unknown Unicode character handling
UnknownUnicodeCharacterAsWide=off

; Mapping of Unicode to DEC special character
; The sum of following values:
; 1 : Box drawings (U+2500-U+257F)
; 2 : Bullet (U+2022)
; Hyphenation point (U+2027)
; Light shade (25%) (U+2591)
; Medium shade (50%) (U+2592)
; Dark shade (75%) (U+2593)
; Black small square (U+25AA)
; Black vertical rectangle (U+25AE)
; Black verty small square (U+2B1D)
; 4 : Middle dot (U+00B7)
; One dot leader (U+2024)
; Bullet operator (U+2219)
UnicodeToDecSpMapping=3

; White & black color conversion
UseTextColor=off

; VT Compatible Tab
VTCompatTab=off

; Space between characters (lines)
VTFontSpace=0,0,0,0

; Window Icon
VTIcon=Default
TEKIcon=Default

; Scaling factors for printing (in pixels per inch)
VTPPI=0,0
TEKPPI=0,0

; `wait4all' macro command
Wait4allMacroCommand=off

; allow the sequences related to window control
WindowCtrlSequence=on

; allow the sequences related to window report
WindowReportSequence=on

; [Window] menu
WindowMenu=on

; XMODEM log
XmodemLog=off

; YMODEM log
YmodemLog=off

; YMODEM receive command
YmodemRcvCommand=

; ZMODEM auto receive
ZmodemAuto=off

; ZMODEM parameters for sending
ZmodemDataLen=1024
ZmodemWinSize=32767

; Escape all control characters in ZMODEM
ZmodemEscCtl=off

; ZMODEM log
ZmodemLog=off

; ZMODEM receive command
ZmodemRcvCommand=rz

;

end of special options

[TTSSH]
; SSH enabled flag (1=enabled 0=disabled)
Enabled=1

; default login username (setup to authentication dialog)
DefaultUserName=
DefaultForwarding=

; Cipher algorithm order
; (2...DES(SSH1), 3...3DES(SSH1), 6...Blowfish(SSH1), 7...3DES-CBC,
; 8...AES128-CBC, 9...AES192-CBC, :...AES256-CBC, ;...Blowfish-CBC,
; <...AES128-CTR, =...AES192-CTR, >...AES256-CTR, ?...Arcfour,
; @...Arcfour128, A...Arcfour256, B...CAST128-CBC, C...3DES-CTR,
; D...Blowfish-CTR, E...CAST128-CTR, etc)
; 0...Ciphers below this line are disabled.
CipherOrder=>:=9<8C7D;A@?EB3062

; KEX algorithm order(SSH2)
; 0...diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
; 1...diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
; 2...diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1
; 3...diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256
; 4...ecdh-sha2-nistp256
; 5...ecdh-sha2-nistp384
; 6...ecdh-sha2-nistp521
; 7...KEXs below this line are disabled.
KexOrder=56743210

; Host Key algorithm order(SSH2)
; 2...RSA
; 3...DSA
; 4...ecdh-sha2-nistp256
; 5...ecdh-sha2-nistp384
; 6...ecdh-sha2-nistp521
; 0...below this line are disabled.
HostKeyOrder=456230

; MAC algorithm order(SSH2)
; 1...hmac-sha1
; 2...hmac-md5
; 3...hmac-sha1-96
; 4...hmac-md5-96
; 5...hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com
; 0...below this line are disabled.
MacOrder=152034

; Compression algorithm order(SSH2)
; 1...none
; 2...zlib
; 3...zlib@openssh.com(Delayed Compression)
; 0...below this line are disabled.
CompOrder=3210
; packet compression level (0=none)
Compression=0

KnownHostsFiles=ssh_known_hosts
DefaultRhostsLocalUserName=
DefaultRhostsHostPrivateKeyFile=
DefaultRSAPrivateKeyFile=
DefaultAuthMethod=3
; Debug message logging level of `TTSSH.LOG'.
; The default value is disabled(0).
; LOG_LEVEL_FATAL 5
; LOG_LEVEL_ERROR 10
; LOG_LEVEL_URGENT 20
; LOG_LEVEL_WARNING 30
; LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE 100
; LOG_LEVEL_SSHDUMP 200
LogLevel=0
WriteBufferSize=2097152

; SSH protocol version (1 or 2)
ProtocolVersion=2

; SSH heartbeat(keepalive): per second (0=disabled)
HeartBeat=60

; Remember password in memory (1=enabled 0=disabled)
RememberPassword=1

; Check supported auth methods with "none" method (1=enabled 0=disabled)
CheckAuthListFirst=0

; Enable connection to the server that has RSA key length less than 768 bit (1=enabled 0=disabled)
EnableRsaShortKeyServer=0

; SSH agent forwarding (pageant) (1=enabled 0=disabled)
ForwardAgent=0

; Confirm SSH agent forwarding (1=enabled 0=disabled)
ForwardAgentConfirm=1

; Verify host key by DNS (1=enabled 0=disabled)
VerifyHostKeyDNS=0

[TTProxy]
ConnectionTimeout="10"
SocksResolve="auto"
TelnetHostnamePrompt=">> Host name: "
TelnetUsernamePrompt="Username:"
TelnetPasswordPrompt="Password:"
TelnetConnectedMessage="-- Connected to "
TelnetErrorMessage="!!!!!!!!"

[TTXKanjiMenu]
UseOneSetting=on

[TTXttyrec]
RecordStartSize=on

[TTXRecurringCommand]
Enable=off
Command=
Interval=300

[Resize Menu]
; 80x62
;ResizeMenu1= 80, 24
;
; 120x52
;ResizeMenu2=120, 52
;
; Width: no-change, Height: 52
;ResizeMenu3= 0, 52
;
; Width: 80, Height: no-change
;ResizeMenu4= 80, 0

;

Telnet host list
; Max number of hosts is 200.
; You can edit this list in the [Setup] TCP/IP dialog box.
;[Hosts]
; Host name
;Host1=myhost.example.com
; IPv4 address
;Host2=192.0.2.1
; IPv6 address
;Host3=[2001:db8:1:2:8401:02ff:fe03:0405]
; IPv6 address with interface number
;Host4=[fe80::8401:02ff:fe03:0405%3]
; Host name with option
;Host5=myhost.example.com /F=myhost.ini
; Host name with user, port and option
;Host6=user@myhost.example.com:10022 /ssh
; URL
;Host7=ssh://user@myhost.example.com
; COM1 port
;Host8=/C=1
; Replay a file
;Host9=/R=readme.txt

[Hosts]
Host1=22.0.0.1
Host2=myhost.example.com
Host3=192.0.2.1
Host4=[2001:db8:1:2:8401:2ff:fe03:405]
Host5=[fe80::8401:2ff:fe03:405%3]
Host6=myhost.example.com /F=myhost.ini
Host7=user@myhost.example.com:10022 /ssh
Host8=ssh://user@myhost.example.com
Host9=/C=1 ;serial port
Host10=/R=readme.txt ;replay a file

I'm intrigued by this thread mostly because you are getting some output from the console port. I haven't been able to replicate your problem over here.

Sounds Good

Here are my TeraTerm (4.71) settings:

1. Have you tried another computer? not yet
a. Have you tried another router/switch?yes

Device Manager Checks:
2. There's no bang (Exclaimation point) for any hardware? yes on a USB Serial Bus Controller, although not sure if it's the usb to serial port since it is showing up in Ports (Com and LPT)
3. Confirm that the COM port is correct within Ports (COM & LPT):
- Mine: Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM6)

Tera Term:
4. Uninstall completely. Restart the computer. Install Tera Term. Try again
5. Try my configuration:

tried it same thing happens

Roguetadhg

Things I'd do:
1. Test on a different machine. Install the drivers, first before plugging in the usb converter. I had issues with the converter if I didn't install the driver before plugging it in - like the directions noted.

2. Clear up the bang. It looks to be a motherboard driver. It can't hurt, afterall.

Sounds Good

tried it on a different computer running the same OS

installed driver before plugging in and there are no errors in the device manager on that machine

same issue is happening. I have another usb-to-serial coming in on Monday, so I guess we'll find out then...

Roguetadhg

Hm. Let us know what's going on Monday. I will wait for you to update this thread.

Patel128

Yeah I also want to know what the problem ends up being (Hoping its just the USB to serial adapter).

Roguetadhg

How'd it go?

Sounds Good

It ended up being the serial to usb adapter. PHEW! works kosher now

Roguetadhg

Awesome! Did you rma the adapter?

Sounds Good

Roguetadhg wrote: »

Awesome! Did you rma the adapter?

no, it came with a router I purchased. wasn't even expecting it tbh. no harm no foul