no serial port and no parrallel port how do i console to a router

My new laptop has no serial and no parralledl ports. I have been
reading that there are some USB adapters but which one works well and
once it is installed how do I use it. Hyperterm has no settings for a
USB port.

On 02/13/2007 10:00 AM, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> My new laptop has no serial and no parralledl ports. I have been
> reading that there are some USB adapters but which one works well and
> once it is installed how do I use it. Hyperterm has no settings for a
> USB port.

Hum, Windows hyperterm? Sorry!

I otherwise and most of the Linux/Unix users use minicom, the serial
port should be /dev/ttyUSB* something depends your USB-to-Serial adapter
is recognized.

The lsusb, dmesg and usbview can also be handy for troubleshooting.

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On Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:30:25 -0800, sloan949 rearranged some electrons to
form:

> My new laptop has no serial and no parralledl ports. I have been
> reading that there are some USB adapters but which one works well and
> once it is installed how do I use it. Hyperterm has no settings for a
> USB port.

Last time I looked, there was no Hyperterminal for Linux.

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> My new laptop has no serial and no parralledl ports. I have been
> reading that there are some USB adapters but which one works well and
> once it is installed how do I use it. Hyperterm has no settings for a
> USB port.
>

Get a USB to serial port adaptor. And forget hyperterminal - it's a
useless POS. For windows, download Tera Term Pro.

On Feb 13, 5:57 am, David Brown <d...@westcontrol.removethisbit.com>
wrote:
> sloan...@gmail.com wrote:
> > My new laptop has no serial and no parralledl ports. I have been
> > reading that there are some USB adapters but which one works well and
> > once it is installed how do I use it. Hyperterm has no settings for a
> > USB port.
>
> Get a USB to serial port adaptor. And forget hyperterminal - it's a
> useless POS. For windows, download Tera Term Pro.

Cool thanks. I posted late last night and forgot to mention that it
is a dual boot with Ubuntu so the tip about setting the serial
port should be /dev/ttyUSB* something is super and yes i agree
hyperterm is a POS and I will be downloading Tera Term again

Thanks!