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

[Scott Hess]

On Feb 7, 2008 12:38 PM, Scott Hess <scott at doubleu.com> wrote:
> 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.

In the event, I went on eBay and got an "Airlink 101".  It seems to
work out of the box with minicom under Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS, running
kernel 2.6.15-29-386.

Ironically enough, the unit had fairly recently been purchased at
Fry's, so my worry about spending an hour sorting through retail
packages not finding the information I needed to see and leaving
empty-handed may have been unwarranted!

Thanks,
scott