On Fri Mar 27 2009 17:35:47 Richard Esplin wrote: > I need to talk to a Cisco 2600. It has an RJ-45 jack on it, and it comes > with an RJ-45 to D9 cable. My laptop does not have a D9 serial port. > > I know that I can buy a USB to serial dongle. > > However, in theory I can just tell my computer to speak serial out my > ethernet port.
No, in theory and in practice, you can't. They are totally different electrical specifications. > I understand that I can get software that lets me transmit serial over > ethernet to another machine which will then send it out the serial port. > That isn't exactly what I want. I'm not sure of to what you're referring here, but like you said, it's not relevant. > Any ideas? You need an actual serial port. A USB serial port device will do it. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
