[26076] in resnet
Re: Console port access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James)
Fri Mar 18 12:50:57 2011
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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:50:37 -0000
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From: James <resnet-l@cyclohexane.net>
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I think the ipad has Bluetooth but not certain. Googling for "Bluetooth
rs232" brings up some options to use if so. Powering the dongle may be an
issue though. Perhaps a battery could be taped to it.
James
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>Boland, Jordan
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>Subject: Console port access
>
>Hi Everyone,
>
>I'm wondering if anyone has come across a particularly convenient
>solution for accessing console ports. I haven't seen any portables with
>RS232 ports on them for a while, and the netbook+usb dongle solution is
>driving me up the wall.....it's portable, but apparently too
>underpowered to run putty without CPU stalls.....
>
>Right now, the best-sounding idea I've seen is an iPad + app ("Get
>Console") + cable (http://redpark.myshopify.com/products/console-cable)
>... It specifically claims that it will only work with cisco equipment,
>but that sounds like a lie to me. Anyone out there using this? Anyone
>out there using this with non-cisco gear? Anyone have a better idea?
>
>-Jordan
>
>Jordan Boland
>Saint Martin's University
>jboland@stmartin.edu
>
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