On Sep 4, 2007, at 1:21 AM, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:
>
> Evening everyone!
>
> I'm new on this list so I apologize before hand if any of my
> questions are repeated and have been dealt with already, I've been
> googling for a while and still don't have some things very clear.
> Feel free to simply point me to some other [online] resource where I
> can look up the information I'm looking for if it's been aired here
> too many times here.
>
> In a nutshell, I need to connect to the console in a net4521 device
> from a Mac OS X computer (MacBook Pro running 10.4.10), so my obvious
> question is how to accomplish that from both the hardware and
> software fronts.
>
> The box has a db9 serial port, so I'm guessing a db9 to USB
> converter will help;
yep, I use the IOGear device. It's very small and the drivers are very
good. I have a keyspan device at work, and it's bulkier, and the
drivers create a device with a weird name.
IOGear = /dev/tty.usbserial0
Keyspan = /dev/tty.Keyspan0 (jeez, is that necessary?)
> but I'm not sure if the serial port on the 4521
> is a DTE or a DCE, so I don't know if I'll need a null modem (female
> to female?)
Null Modem
> to make the connection work or not (I should note that
> I've been a Mac user all my life, so I don't know much about serial
> ports other than USB ;-).
You never used Mac serial? :)
> In short, what hardware is recommended to
> make the connection? If there are any Mac users reading, can you also
> tell me if I'll need any drivers for the USB-db9 converter to work on
> 10.4?
Yes, you need drivers, they should be supplied with the device you buy.
> Lastly, once the hardware part is dealt with, how do I reach the
> console in the 4521? That is, what software should I use to actually
> connect to the device? I'm fairly comfortable with the Unix aspect of
> the system so please don't refrain from pointing me to some command
> line only application, even if it means compiling it from source. I
> could go as far as considering installing Linux and/or {Free,Net,Open}
> BSD on my computer if any of those makes communicating with the 4521
> any easier.
Everyone seems to want to use minicom or some other term app. I simply
use "screen" It's included in MacOS X, and has a pretty decent
manpage, (it's also available for Most *nix systems as well.
> Thanks in advance for your help and time! Regards,...
>
Good luck!
-Andy
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