[AusNOG] Favourite USB to serial adapter cable

[Phill Proud]

No love for FTDI chipset based adapters? I've never had an issue with them
as long as the chip is genuine, works out of the box on Windows (with
updates via Windows update), OS X, Android and likely most *nix distros.
Apologies if some of the commercial names mentioned earlier use FTDI chips.

They also provide you with the software to reprogram the chips
behaviour/pin outs etc (FT_PROG). Very useful!

Phill

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Alexander Neilson <alexander at neilson.net.nz>
wrote:

> I have a big +1 on this.
>
> I have one per computer in my bags, plus I have one air console unit that
> follows me in my bags.
>
> The longer cable can also be used with the air console to help reach a
> further away power supply / better signal location.
>
> Driver built into MacOSX and also works with windows think driver built in
> here too (yes I have the big mac bite), and linux
>
> I just like it as its direct usb with only a slight bulge (so not great
> for very tight ports) but it works right through as a single cable at a
> very good price. (and it ships from their Auckland warehouse so can be very
> very quick delivery in NZ - and probably AUS)
>
> The chip used inside seems to be a fairly widely used one with very good
> stability on all OS’s that I know of. (I have never experienced a crash or
> lockup with it despite use in Mac and Windows and including pulling it out
> middle of use so seems rock solid to me and I tend to torture things.
>
> Regards
> Alexander
>
> Alexander Neilson
> Neilson Productions Limited
>
> alexander at neilson.net.nz
> +64 21 329 681
> +64 22 456 2326
>
> On 4/01/2015, at 6:00 pm, Tim Raphael <raphael.timothy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> http://www.get-console.com/shop/en/usb-to-serial-cables/57-usb-serial-cable-rj45-180cm.html
>
> Haven’t let me down yet! Drivers work on just about anything.
>
> -Tim
>
> On 4 Jan 2015, at 12:51 pm, Radek Tkaczyk <radek at tkaczyk.id.au> wrote:
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> What are people’s preferred USB to serial adapter cable to use with Cisco
> console cables these days? I have tried many over the years, and they are
> either unreliable, have driver issues, or blue screen Windows too
> frequently.
>
> Don’t care about price – just want the most reliable one out there –
> Windows preferred, but if it works with Mac too that’s a bonus.
>
> Thanks
>
> Radek
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