[AusNOG] Favourite USB to serial adapter cable

[Paul Wilkins]

Can't wait for the new pentest end around. You leave a cab unlocked, and
your auditor jacks in with an $11 AirConsole and goes from there.

Kind regards

Paul Wilkins

On 29 March 2016 at 18:21, Jim Woodward <jim at alwaysnever.net> wrote:

>
> I have a couple of ATEN UC232A's but had trouble with newer DELL and HP
> laptops with the port freezing and locking up, did some research and people
> were recommending USB to RS232 utilising the FTDI chipset over the ATEN's
> Prolific chipset.
>
> The one I bought is a SABRENT 6ft (3 Metre) USB 2.0 to RS232 FTDI chipset
> cable off ebay, it has performed flawlessly on every OS and hardware i've
> thrown at it, Desktop, laptop, Windows, Linux, OSX.
>
> Can't recommend them highly enough, the ATEN's I have relegated to a few
> fixed console boxes where they perform just fine in their own roles.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Jim.
>
>
> On 29/03/16 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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