Console install of OpenWRT

Hi all,

I need to install a text only version of OpenWRT on my router. I have
never done this and not great with hardware so any advice is desprately
needed. From a little googling I understand that I will need a 3.1V
TTL serial connector and have got a vague idea where this will need to
be plugged into.

Will a USB2Serial connector work?

My machine does not have a serial port on it so I will have to use a
USB2Serial connection.

Is there a NIX based program that I can use to commincate to the
routers serial port?

Any advice would be really appreciated
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Aaron <azzmosphere(at)gmail.com> wrote:

> Will a USB2Serial connector work?

IME USB-serial works fine through a TTL converter.

> Is there a NIX based program that I can use to commincate to the
> routers serial port?

minicom.

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On 2009-05-07 08:00:49 +1000, alexd <(E-Mail Removed)> said:

> Aaron <azzmosphere(at)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Will a USB2Serial connector work?
>
> IME USB-serial works fine through a TTL converter.
>
>> Is there a NIX based program that I can use to commincate to the
>> routers serial port?
>
> minicom.

Thanks heaps the exact advice I needed, will start researching it
straight away
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"When asked what he would like on his tomb stone he said more bass"