[PLUG] USB serial adapter

Terry Griffin griffint at pobox.com
Wed Sep 14 05:17:13 UTC 2005


On Tuesday 13 September 2005 1:25 pm, Terry Griffin wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 12:05:26PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Jason R. Martin wrote:
> > 
> > >There was a thread on here not too long ago about USB serial 
adapters, and
> > >I'm in the market for one. I'm looking for a USB->DB9 adapter to 
use for
> > >debugging kernel stuff on my desktop from my laptop (which is of 
course
> > >missing a DB9 plug). Anyone have any suggestions on an adapter that 
works
> > >under Linux?
> > 
> > Jason,
> > 
> >   I bought one a while ago that I never did get to work. So I, too, 
am
> > interested in one that works with the 2.4 kernel series.
> > 
> > Rich
> > 
> 
> I have a couple different ones at home that work out-of-the-box with
> FC3 (2.6 kernel). One is single-port adapter and the other is a 
multi-port 
> adapter. I'll post the make/model info when I get home.
> 
> I can't recall the exact sequence of my hardware purchases and my OS 
> upgrades, but it seems like I had the single-port adapter working 
prior
> to FC3, possibly even FC1, but the multi-port adapter didn't work
> until FC3.
> 
> Terry

Okay, here's what I got that works.

The single-port adapter is a SIIG model 02-0882A. The multi-port adapter
is an Edgeport/c from Inside Out Networks. It has two 9-pin serial ports
and two USB ports.

Terry



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