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

[Bill Bell]

> To: svlug at lists.svlug.org
> From: daniel at gimpelevich.san-francisco.ca.us
> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 16:09:25 -0800
> Subject: Re: [svlug] Any recommendations for a USB-serial dongle which will work on Ubuntu?
>
> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:19:06 -0800, Bill Bell wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> I have done both, and you get far weirder bugs with the add-on cards.

 That has not been my experience, but one should do the proper legwork
to achieve the best results when adding hardware.

>They
> will even prevent a Dapper Drake LiveCD from booting at all.
>
>

 "They" meaning all serial pci cards?  I would think, in that case, the problem
resides with the Dapper Drake LiveCD than with the hardware.

 Can you post which cards you had the failures with so that the OP can shorten
his search?

 This one worked under SuSE 10.0 to enable the use of an U.S. Robotics
external modem back when I was running that distribution on that particular PC
I had built. Of course, that does not guarantee that it will work for the OP
in his particular setup/requirement, but it's a start.

http://www.siig.com/ViewProduct.aspx?pn=JJ-P02D11-S6

       Bill

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