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Reddit mentions of Asunflower Ftdi USB to Serial / Rs232 Console Rollover Cable for Cisco Routers - Rj45
Sentiment score: 4
Reddit mentions: 12
We found 12 Reddit mentions of Asunflower Ftdi USB to Serial / Rs232 Console Rollover Cable for Cisco Routers - Rj45. Here are the top ones.
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- Full support for Windows, MAC and Linux, see the detailed list below.
- Supports hardware flow control used to implement the CISCO break sequence.
- FTDI FT232R chip + RS232 Level Shifter; RJ-45 DTE Pinouts RTS(1), DTR(2), TXD (3), GND(4), GND(5), RXD (6), DSR(7), CTS(8)
- Microsoft (HCL) certified to be compatible with Windows, no CD needed because the drivers are part of the OS distribution.
- Product sold by Asunflower, if no "Asunflower" logo, you can claim and report FAKEs to get your money back and protect intellectual property! Thanks!
Features:
Specs:
| Color | Blue |
| Height | 0.39 Inches |
| Length | 70.87 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | 6 Feet |
| Weight | 0.11 Pounds |
| Width | 0.08 Inches |
A USB to RJ45 cable will probably work fine.
I've never used one, and I don't see any such cables with long histories of positive reviews & glowing feedback.
But I have used USB to DB9 serial adapters, combined with traditional DB9 to RJ45 Cisco Console Cables for years, with excellent result.
USB to DB9
DB9 to RJ45 Console Cable
I haven't seen any in my travels. A USB hub and a bunch of these could work, but if you want the
/dev/ttyUSB*names to be predictable across a reboot, you'll need to write a bunch of UDEV rules to match USB device paths and rename them.This might also interest you, a rack-mount serial console server build with a Pi: https://freetserv.github.io/ Not sure you can buy one pre-assembled, sadly.
All switches are L2 by definition.
Console cables for network equipment are pretty standard, something like this would probably get you going. However, I don't know that thing off the top of my head and my older Dell gear just takes a null modem cable.
I just bought this to replace a different that died after 10 years. I cut the cable shorter and just you a RJ45 coupler.
USB-C converters are a non issue because they are cheap and everywhere. I have like 5 in my bag of different types. You can get insanely good docks now for usb-c. I have a totu one that i liked so much i bought one for my bag solely.
https://www.amazon.com/TOTU-Ethernet-Delivery-Portable-Laptops/dp/B07FX2LW35
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Ive had this forever and its perfect and the long cable is amazing
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https://www.amazon.com/Asunflower-Serial-Console-Rollover-Routers/dp/B00KMRVGFO/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=usb+to+serial+cisco&qid=1554828013&s=electronics&sr=1-3
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I have used a mac for almost 10 years solely. I would never go back. Another thing that is fantastic about macs is network locations which I use a ton for each site i visit or for new setups that I do.
https://www.amazon.com/Asunflower-Serial-Console-Rollover-Routers/dp/B00KMRVGFO
Buy it and move on with your life man.
No experience with ExpressCard to serial but I have had good experiences with this USB-serial cable.
Like many others, I'm also a big fan of thinkpads. Currently rocking an x250.
If you do anything with serial ports, you really want this: https://www.amazon.com/Asunflower-Serial-Console-Rollover-Routers/dp/B00KMRVGFO Works excellently, rolls up nice and compactly. You can even get rj45-db9 adapters if you need them.
K. How about this for USB -> RJ45 and RJ45 -> Modular DB25?
Cheaper anyway ...
For anyone stumbling on this, this is the only cable that worked for me: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KMRVGFO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Connect with the UBNT provided parameters and hit enter twice.
I use this one. It's saved me once or twice.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KMRVGFO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_hI99ybQJ35F4Q
You have to use a serial to usb adapter.
Or buy one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Asunflower-Serial-Console-Rollover-Routers/dp/B00KMRVGFO
I use a similar one for the Cisco Switches at work and they work great. Usually the console cables for Cisco also work on ubiquiti hardware.
Will check tomorrow on my Edgerouter.