[AusNOG] Favourite USB to serial adapter cable

Tue Mar 29 16:43:44 EST 2016

I can vouch for AirConsole - we bought a few of the ones with built-in battery for our team :) You can connect to it via Bluetooth, in which case you get serial ports appearing in your device manager or equivalent. Alternatively you can configure them as an access point and connect via Wifi, then ssh into the AirConsole on a predetermined port to relay you to the serial port on the device. The wifi functionality can act as a client as well, so you can connect it to your network and access them from anywhere on your network.

We ended up getting some of the non-battery versions as well to have permanently connected in our dev rack so that we have SSH access to the OOB ports of whatever we put in there.

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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Matt Keen
Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 4:30 PM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Favourite USB to serial adapter cable

I work with one of these.

https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Serial-Cards-Adapters/Professional-USB-to-RS-232-Serial-Adapter~ICUSB2321X
Uses a Texas Instruments TIUSB3410 chip instead of the usual FTDI/Prolifics.

But I have been eyeing these off lately..
http://www.get-console.com/shop/en/27-airconsole

Thanks
Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Matt Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 3:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Favourite USB to serial adapter cable

I use a PL2303 on Mac. Works fine in iTerm2/Terminal (or whatever you desire to use) using screen + quick script to control ( http://pastebin.com/KWYPPubE ).

I have the drivers too, so contact if required. Keep in mind that your Mac will kernel panic if you pull/knock the USB cable out while a session is open. Happened many times while having my cable dangling over the top of a cabinet door!

I bought it from an .au website, will dig through my email later and send to you directly.

Cheers,
Matt.

On 29/03/2016 15:13, PRK 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
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>>>>     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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