[AusNOG] Favourite USB to serial adapter cable

Jonathan Brewer jon.brewer at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 15:31:06 EST 2016


Dynamix 810Y.

I bought sixteen of them in January for NZ $11 each - and they worked
flawlessly across Windows, Mac, and Linux.

Debian says "Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port"




On 29 March 2016 at 17:13, PRK <ausnog at digitaljunkie.net> wrote:

> Resurrecting this thread (new Mac, no USB Serial Adapter).
>
> Do people still recommend the ATEN? I’ve heard it’s harder to get hold of
> these days and doesn’t have much ongoing support, as it was acquired by
> Prolific?
>
> Are the Keyspan or genuine Prolifics easy enough to find in Australia?
>
> prk
>
>
> > On 4 Jan 2015, at 20:35, Shane Chrisp <shane at 2000cn.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > On 04/01/15 20:30, Nick Gale wrote:
> >
> > Another +1 for the Aten units. The newest version work on the Surface
> Pro 3 tablets too.
> >
> >
> >> Another +1 for the aten unit. Been through a few different usb to serial
> >> cables and this is by far the most reliable I have had.
> >>
> >> On Sunday, January 4, 2015, Greg Lipschitz <Greg at thesummitgroup.com.au
> >> <mailto:Greg at thesummitgroup.com.au>> wrote:
> >>
> >>    +1 for the Aten units. Can get them from Anyware.
> >>
> >>    Work well cross platform and across different devices.
> >>
> >>    Cheers,
> >>
> >>    Greg
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>    On 4 Jan 2015, at 15:59, Radek Tkaczyk <radek at tkaczyk.id.au
> >>    <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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