[svlug] Any recommendations for a USB-serial dongle which will work on Ubuntu?

[Bill Bell]

My apologies Scott for the personal email.
Haven't had my caffineation procedure yet, clicked the wrong button.

> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 12:38:25 -0800
> From: scott at doubleu.com
> To: svlug at lists.svlug.org
> Subject: [svlug] Any recommendations for a USB-serial dongle which will work on Ubuntu?
>
> I have a couple devices which want me to talk to their serial port,
> but serial ports are going out of fashion, so I figure I should find a
> USB device to do this for me. But as far as I can tell, getting such
> a device working under Linux (from the USB end!) can be pretty
> hit-or-miss.
>
> I see a couple recommendations for an "Airlink 101" as seen at
> http://www.airlink101.com/products/ac-usbs.html , but I'm not seeing
> it for sale in very many places, so I'm a little nervous about it.
>
> Any other recommentations out there?
>
> Thanks,
> scott
>

 Why not just install the required serial port?  Installing RS232 serial port to USB serial port
hardware workarounds is asking for weird bugs. IMO, it's better to use the hardware
in the first place.

 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000073&Description=serial+adapter&name=Add-On+Cards


 http://tinyurl.com/2vk4ms

          Bill

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