Chrisnet Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I'm thinking about getting an iBook for school... the only thing I'm worried about is that I use the serial port to connect and configure routers at school... I was wondering if there was another way to attach a console cable to a macintosh to allow me to configure routers using the iBook... Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILMagic Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Yea, there are USB -> Serial adapters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzle79 Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 belkin and a few others make them, should work fine. a quick googling revealed this. http://sewelldirect.com/usbtoserial.asp?s=..._Serial_Convert i'm sure one of the many available items should work. Hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Patriot Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 I'm thinking about getting an iBook for school... the only thing I'm worried about is that I use the serial port to connect and configure routers at school... I was wondering if there was another way to attach a console cable to a macintosh to allow me to configure routers using the iBook...Thanks! If they are Cisco routers, you can also configure them over ethernet. There is even a neat program called Telconi Terminal which gives you a graphical configuration utility for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisnet Posted June 29, 2004 Author Share Posted June 29, 2004 What kind of terminal emulation software could I use with the MAC... and could it see the serial port?? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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