Re: [gentoo-amd64] USB to Serial adapter setup

["Mark Haney" <mhaney@ercbroadband.org>]

P.V.Anthony wrote:
> Mark Haney wrote:
>> I've got a USB to Serial adapter I want to use in Gentoo to talk to my 
>> Cisco devices via console, however, none of the docs I"ve found are 
>> very current (most for the 2.4 kernel), can someone point me to a good 
>> set of instructions on how to get this thing working?  I've got the 
>> module compiled and installed but can't get any farther.
> 
> Which usb to serial adapter did you buy? I want to buy one to hook up a 
> fax modem. I heard that there are problems with linux for these 
> adaptors. I hope it is false.
> 
> Good fax modems are still the ones with serial ports.
> 
> P.V.Anthony

Actually, the one I have is a DYNEX.  But after some diddling I found my 
problem, I wasn't aware until borrowing my boss Ubuntu system that the 
DYNEX USB2Serial cable uses the pl2303 driver.  I was trying to use the 
generic driver.  Once I compiled the pl2303 driver it works perfectly.


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Mark Haney
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ERC Broadband
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