On Mon, 2 Mar 2015, Matthew Huff wrote:
Since Newer PC laptops and all Mac Laptops no longer have a serial port, what are people using to connect to Cisco console ports from laptops? Does someone make a direct USB to Cisco console port (RJ45) or do people buy a serial to usb cable and use the stock cisco cable?
I do a USB<>RS232 adapter with a DB9<>RJ45 cable (actually more often an RJ45<>RJ45 cable & DB9<>RJ45 adapter which comes with a lot of network gear). This is my favorite USB<>RS232 adapter thing: http://www.coolgear.com/product/dual-port-rs-232-usb-to-serial-plugin-adapter It's very light & pretty small, yet has 2 ports so you can do stuff like watch both console ports on a dual-supervisor router during an ISSU. ________________________________________________________________________ Jay Ford, Network Engineering Group, Information Technology Services University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242 email: [email protected], phone: 319-335-5555 _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
