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Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution
From: "Dovid Bender" <dovid () telecurve com>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 02:33:21 +0000
Why not use udev rules so the ports are persistent? I did that on a pi that I was using as an ice cast box. Based on the usb audio port on reboots I know which device is which stream. Regards, Dovid -----Original Message----- From: Robert Drake <rdrake () direcpath com> Sender: "NANOG" <nanog-bounces () nanog org>Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 20:03:22 To: <nanog () nanog org> Subject: Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution On 2/2/2016 5:02 AM, Bjørn Mork wrote:
No inside pictures :) Assuming that this is really an USB device, and that the console port is really an USB host port, it would be useful to know the USB decriptors of the device. You wouldn't be willing to connect it to a Linux PC and run "lsusb -vd", would you?
I'm inconveniently consoled into one via a combination of remote desktop into windows -- linux console on a virtual machine -- screen /dev/ttyACM0. Because of this posting lsusb -vd is taxing. Linux has full support for the device. It sees it as cdc_acm. The vendor id is 0x04e2 (Exar Corp). Product ID is 0x1410. I've got two connected right now. This is in our lab and the windows box is temporary. Our intention is to use a raspberry pi for the terminal server. I'm obviously not in front of it, but I'm wondering if they can be enumerated by something other than when they were plugged in. That's my biggest hurdle for making a console server for them.. how to figure out what router is connected to which USB port after a reboot, or someone getting unpluggy with cables.
Bjørn
Robert
Current thread:
- RE: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Erik Sundberg (Feb 01)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Christopher Morrow (Feb 01)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Bjørn Mork (Feb 02)
- RE: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Erik Sundberg (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Bjørn Mork (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Bjørn Mork (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Keenan Tims (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Robert Drake (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Dovid Bender (Feb 02)
- RE: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Erik Sundberg (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Christopher Morrow (Feb 03)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Miles Fidelman (Feb 03)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Christopher Morrow (Feb 01)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Jared Mauch (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Peter Loron (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Christopher Morrow (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution William Herrin (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Jared Mauch (Feb 02)
- Re: Devices with only USB console port - Need a Console Server Solution Peter Loron (Feb 02)