Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:44:10 -0600 (MDT) From: Ralph Forsythe <rf-list@centerone.com> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: (usb terminal) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210111142000.18495-100000@blue.centerone.com> In-Reply-To: <web-243864@threeprong.com>
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Actually, for a network / security engineer, a serial port on a laptop is all but a necessity for configuring switches, routers, firewalls, etc. I don't know what his need is for one, but for someone like me I *absolutely* need RS-232 connectivity. I guess a USB dongle would work, but what a pain... Is anyone making the USB->serial adapter in the form of a USB to DB9F 6 foot cable yet? :) That I could use. Using a palm pilot like someone else suggested wouldn't work for me either, the screen is too bloody small for that. I like the keyspan stuff, but that's a lot hanging off the laptop when you're standing in front of a rack in a data center somewhere. I have enough trouble with those damn 3com dongles as it is! :) - Ralph On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, Chris Irvine wrote: > Not so stupid I think, my new iBook has no serial, and I > couldn't be happier. Keyspan has great Mac support, but > most of their stuff should work on Wintel too. > > On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:01:17 -0700 > "Jeremy Buckner" <jeremy@cableaz.com> wrote: > > Well the crud of the whole thing is that I bought a > > laptop with no serial > > port (stupid me) but I have 4 USB ports? Can I configure > > one of the USB's to > > use a com port and then have HyperTerminal functionality? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Irvine" <chris@threeprong.com> > > <sssssnip!> > > > > > > Not sure why you need to do this. Is an old palm > > running > > > termal software an option for you? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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