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Re: Console port access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike King)
Tue Mar 22 16:32:05 2011
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Does it infact only work on Cisco devices?
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Roberge, Ted <troberge@uci.edu> wrote:
> Good Morning,
>
> I have both the cable and the app running on my iPad and it works as
> advertised. If you need a lightweight console unit and get tired of dragging
> laptops to closets, then this is a great solution. The cable is around $70
> and the app $10.
>
>
> Ted Roberge
> Director, Information Technology
> Office of Information Technology
> Student Housing, University of California, Irvine
> Irvine, CA 92697
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Resnet Forum [mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Boland,
> Jordan
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:44 AM
> To: RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> 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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Does it infact only work on Cisco devices?<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote=
">On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Roberge, Ted <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:troberge@uci.edu">troberge@uci.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><=
blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px=
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Good Morning,<br>
<br>
I have both the cable and the app running on my iPad and it works as advert=
ised. If you need a lightweight console unit and get tired of dragging lapt=
ops to closets, then this is a great solution. The cable is around $70 and =
the app $10.<br>
<font color=3D"#888888"><br>
<br>
Ted Roberge<br>
Director, Information Technology<br>
Office of Information Technology<br>
Student Housing, University of California, Irvine<br>
Irvine, CA 92697<br>
</font><div class=3D"im"><br>
<br>
<br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Resnet Forum [mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU">RESN=
ET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU</a>] On Behalf Of Boland, Jordan<br>
</div><div class=3D"im">Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 10:44 AM<br>
To: <a href=3D"mailto:RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU">RESNET-L@LISTSERV.ND.EDU</a=
><br>
Subject: Console port access<br>
<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5">Hi Everyone,<br>
<br>
I'm wondering if anyone has come across a particularly convenient solut=
ion for accessing console ports. =A0I haven't seen any portables with R=
S232 ports on them for a while, and the netbook+usb dongle solution is driv=
ing me up the wall.....it's portable, but apparently too underpowered t=
o run putty without CPU stalls.....<br>
<br>
Right now, the best-sounding idea I've seen is an iPad + app ("Get=
Console") + cable (<a href=3D"http://redpark.myshopify.com/products/c=
onsole-cable" target=3D"_blank">http://redpark.myshopify.com/products/conso=
le-cable</a>) ... It specifically claims that it will only work with cisco =
equipment, but that sounds like a lie to me. =A0Anyone out there using this=
? =A0Anyone out there using this with non-cisco gear? =A0Anyone have a bett=
er idea?<br>
<br>
-Jordan<br>
<br>
Jordan Boland<br>
Saint Martin's University<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:jboland@stmartin.edu">jboland@stmartin.edu</a><br>
<br>
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