[TriLUG] usb to serial adapter

[Steve Hoffman]

I got one from Stay Online in RTP for ~30 and it worked great.  It was
an IOGEAR guc232a,  I don't have it right now (forgot it at the
datacenter), but there was little more involved with getting it to
work then pointing it to whatever dev /var/log/messages said was
detected.  A little more finagling (something about setup before I
started minicom) and minicom worked wonders with the cisco stuff! 
I'll pick it up tonight, so feel free to email with any questions.


On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:00:02 -0500 (EST), Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> do these devices work nicely with linux?  are any special drivers required
> or is linux support pretty much a given (can i use them with minicom as
> /dev/ttyS0 or something similar)?  any particular brands/models y'all can
> recommend?
> 
> jason
> 
> ps - those of you who work at ibm, please put a bug in the ear of the
> thinkpad team to INCLUDE A BLOODY SERIAL PORT ON THEIR LAPTOPS!
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