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Re: usb => serial port converter

From gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: usb => serial port converter
Date 2024-07-08 00:20 +0200
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On 7/7/24 18:02, Lee wrote:
> 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?
See if you can find a usb-232 from FDTI. And keep looking if you see a 
Prolific, its not very good.
> 
> Thanks,
> Lee
> 
> .

Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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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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