usb => serial port converter

From	Lee <ler762@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	usb => serial port converter
Date	2024-07-08 00:10 +0200
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What's everybody using for a usb => serial port converter?

I got a new network switch and .. OhNoes!! how to I talk to the darn thing???

I went looking thru cabinets and came up with a keyspan usb -> serial
dongle; a quick search found the site with driver downloads, but they
all were for Windows or MacOS.  I tried plugging the dongle into my
debian laptop but it didn't recognize it :(

So... what are people using to talk to serial devices now that PCs
don't come with serial ports anymore?

And what program are you using to talk to something over the serial
link?  pterm or something else?

I still have a Windows machine, so install the drivers, configure
putty to talk to COM4 & I'm good to go.  But I'm trying to get *away*
from Windows.  How do I talk to my switch over the serial port?

Thanks,
Lee

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usb => serial port converter Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-08 00:10 +0200
  Re: usb => serial port converter fxkl47BF@protonmail.com - 2024-07-08 00:20 +0200
  Re: usb => serial port converter gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2024-07-08 00:20 +0200
  Re: usb => serial port converter Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2024-07-08 00:40 +0200
    Re: usb => serial port converter Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-07-08 19:30 +0200
    Re: usb => serial port converter Lee <ler762@gmail.com> - 2024-07-08 17:50 +0200
      Re: usb => serial port converter Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-07-09 03:50 +0200
  Re: usb => serial port converter Paul Duncan <paul.d@soi-team.org> - 2024-07-08 20:30 +0200
  Re: usb => serial port converter <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2024-07-08 06:50 +0200

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