Mike, I'll try not to turn this list into a serial adapter debugger discussion, but we want to make this work under a Mac (My kids college fund is in AAPL ;-). Would you mind mentioning the settings that you have tried. So far my guys have spent hours on it without success. We are at the point of looking at Minicom source and add a "send line ends with line feed" option...sort of!
Philippe ---------------------------------- Philippe Hanset University of Tennessee, Knoxville Office of Information Technology Network Services 108 James D Hoskins Library 1400 Cumberland Ave Knoxville, TN 37996 Tel: 1-865-9746555 ---------------------------------- On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Michael Griego wrote: > I usually use Minicom (via Fink) to do work like that, and I don't > usually have issues connecting to gear from my MBP with the Keyspan > adapter. I often have to play with the terminal settings, but I can > usually get it to work. > > --Mike > > > On Jun 18, 2008, at 4:00 PM, Philippe Hanset wrote: > > > Proxim's users, > > > > (AP-4000, AP-2000...) > > > > We are not able to connect via a serial link to Proxim's AP > > with Macintosh based terminal emulators > > (Z-term etc...) using a K-Span USB to Serial adapter. > > or other flavors. > > > > Has anyone out there figured out a way? > > -We have the right serial cable > > -We can make it work on Cisco devices > > -Has been working for years with Windows :( > > > > Any tip welcome (Except "get a PC" or "run it over Parallel or Fusion > > in a PC env." ;-) > > > > Philippe > > > > > > ---------------------------------- > > > > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Philippe Hanset wrote: > > > >> Brian, > >> > >> This is something we wanted to do as well in our dorms last summer, > >> but we > >> then balanced convenience versus price and decided to spend some > >> money > >> on a CBA architecture, to sleep better at night. > >> > >> I still believe that the system would have been great. > >> Ethan Sommer at gac.edu did a presentation at Educause about their > >> deployment of Linksys APs. > >> http://connect.educause.edu/Library/Abstract/UsingConsumerLinuxBasedAc/42004 > >> > >> Here is how we wanted to do it at Univ of TN: > >> -Open-Wrt on Linksys APs > >> -use PoE http://www.webpowerswitch.com > >> -Take the existing cat5 circuit in the student room > >> and let the student use ports on the linksys to replace > >> the lost port (no wiring cost) > >> > >> For management, with the money that you save, hire a > >> full time coder(proficient in SNMP)/WLAN engineer ;-) > >> > >> Philippe > >> > >> ---------------------------------- > >> Philippe Hanset > >> University of Tennessee, Knoxville > >> Office of Information Technology > >> Network Services > >> 108 James D Hoskins Library > >> 1400 Cumberland Ave > >> Knoxville, TN 37996 > >> Tel: 1-865-9746555 > >> ---------------------------------- > >> > >> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Brian J David wrote: > >> > >>> I was wondering if there are other schools who have deployed or > >>> where > >>> thinking of deploying open source code flashed access points. > >>> The students want wireless in the dorms as you all know but > >>> because of > >>> budget and time we are looking into some alternative temporary > >>> solutions, > >>> like dd-wrt flashed linksys access points. We where thinking of > >>> deploying a > >>> pre-configured AP with the antenna power setting set to it's > >>> lowest power > >>> level and a few other minor configuration. I know this could be a > >>> challenge > >>> in managing these devices (although they have appliances/software > >>> out there > >>> that can manage them). If we could give the students an > >>> alternative to > >>> bringing into their dorm a rogue AP until we can get a permanent > >>> wireless > >>> infrastructure the benefits "could" out weight the headaches. > >>> Comments? > >>> > >>> Brian J David > >>> Network Systems Engineer > >>> Boston College > >>> > >>> ********** > >>> Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > >>> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > >>> http://www.educause.edu/groups/ > >>> . > >>> > >> > >> ********** > >> Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > >> Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > >> http://www.educause.edu/groups/ > >> . > >> > > > > ********** > > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > > http://www.educause.edu/groups/ > > . > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
