Cheers for the replies guys - I'm really interested in the rational behind moving to USB from traditional RJ45 ports....realestate?....boggles the mind.
________________________________ From: Nathan Ward <cisco-...@daork.net> Sent: Saturday, 16 January 2016 6:57 PM To: Gert Doering Cc: CiscoNSP List; cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net Subject: Re: [c-nsp] ASR920 "console" port....ugh On 16/01/2016, at 20:54, Gert Doering <g...@greenie.muc.de<mailto:g...@greenie.muc.de>> wrote: Hi, On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 08:50:49PM +1300, Nathan Ward wrote: Hi, there is both a USB signalled console port, and an RS232 console. The RS232 console uses a USB style connector, which is very, very poor. Is that the "EIA console" port? On an USB A-type connector? Yes. Check out "Figure 1-2 Front Panel of Cisco ASR-920-12CZ-D Router" on this page: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/asr920/hardware/installation/guide/ASR920_HIG/overview.html "Console port (TIA/EIA-232F)" is RS232 on a USB connector. "Auxiliary Console port" is also RS232 on a USB connector. The only USB signalled ports are down the other end of the router. Cisco sell a cable that gives you an RJ45 RS232, it???s just wires, no active components in there. >From the description I assumed that this would be some sort of standard USB RS232 cable, but what you write scares me deeply... Yeah, it's naff. Really, really, naff. -- Nathan Ward _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/