[gentoo-amd64] USB to Serial adapter setup

[gentoo-amd64] USB to Serial adapter setup

[Mark Haney]

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.

Help?

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

[P.V.Anthony]

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.

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

[Mike Doty]

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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
I use a FTDI based one.  There is a driver in the kernel.

Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices
International, Ltd 8-bit FIFO

Can be bought at many places, I got mine at
http://www.knjn.com/ShopCablesUSB.html

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

[Brian Litzinger]

On Thu, Mar 29, 2007 at 09:26:16AM -0400, 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.
> 
> Help?

modprobe ftdi (make sure it is built with your kernel or as a module)

use /dev/tts/USB0

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

[P.V.Anthony]

Mike Doty wrote:

> I use a FTDI based one.  There is a driver in the kernel.
> 
> Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices
> International, Ltd 8-bit FIFO
> 
> Can be bought at many places, I got mine at
> http://www.knjn.com/ShopCablesUSB.html

Thanks for this information. Really useful.

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

[Mark Haney]

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

[Joshua Hoblitt]

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I've been using pl2303 based serial dongles (typically the cheapest
ones) for years without any problems.  The only minor 'gotcha' is that
this driver seems to randomly drop out of the default genkernel config.

-J

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On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 08:10:42AM -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> 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
> Sr. Systems Administrator
> ERC Broadband
> (828) 350-2415
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> 

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

[Mark Haney]

Joshua Hoblitt wrote:
> I've been using pl2303 based serial dongles (typically the cheapest
> ones) for years without any problems.  The only minor 'gotcha' is that
> this driver seems to randomly drop out of the default genkernel config.
>
> -J
>
>   
Well since I don't use genkernel, I hope I don't see this problem.


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