Hi. You can "fix" regular USB<>Serial devices, to always show up at the same COM port, when the system (re)starts, or you (re)plug something. Plenty of instructions on the interweb, including this which I had a part in, that seems to work with Windows 10 & earlier.
http://www.w1hkj.com/doku/doku.php?id=howto:taming_the_wild_comport_in_windows For Linux users, you can use "udev rules" to do the same (and more.) I have no idea re MAC's, but you could ask about the issue on any of the *BSD mailing lists. 73. Dave G0WBX. On 02/08/2019 02:02, Bill Johnson wrote: > Totally agreed. Issues with Win 10 are, in my IT experience, usually > user created problems. Yes port assignments can change, even by > replugging a usb port. To me this is of little bother, unless I was > removing, then would need remote access to correct which isn't that > difficult. > > Bill > 920-421-1172 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net > <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Dave B via Elecraft > <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 1, 2019 4:15:01 AM > *To:* elecraft@mailman.qth.net <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > *Subject:* Re: [Elecraft] Windows Update and the K3 USB Audio > > Re:- > > If your radio computers must be connected to the internet, as mine are > for DX clusters, Club Log, firmware updates, etc., etc., then this may > not be a good idea, since older systems are targets for malware. When > MS stops supplying security patches, the situation will become even worse. > > Victor 4X6GP > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ALL systems are targets for malware, and crypto currency mining, be > aware of that. > > As for security, well, Windows 7 is OK "Now", but after Feb' next year, > as has happened within days of Win2k and XP being cast adrift, some > "new" (previously known to hackers, but unreported to MS) vulnerability > will be leveraged against Win7. Win 10 (& perhaps 8.x) will be > patched, but 7, ? > > Depends on what % of the web is still populated by W7 I guess, MS have > pushed out one or two updates to XP long after they otherwise cast it, > purely due to the severity of the issue, and the damage even a small % > of such population could cause. The recent RDP issue I think being one > of them. > > So long as your border gateway device is secure, and correctly > configured (UPnP disabled) updated and so on, you could survive running > Windows 9x, so long as you never "went anywhere bad" on the 'net, and > that's the problem. > > You have in practice, little control where your browser goes. OK, you > my point it at an otherwise trustworthy site (QRZ, QSL, clublog and so > on.) But they have adverts on there that are served up by external sites. > > Worse, many are animated to catch your eye, and also respond to the > mouse cursor moving across them. ANYTHING that moves on screen is > running code, and THAT IS where the issue is. That code can do anything > it wants, as well as what you see it doing. Someone will probably know > you moved (even unconsciously) your mouse pointer over their add. > > Some third party tools ("Ublock Origin" etc) can block many, but not all > of such things. But many genuine sites that rely on the ad's to provide > revenue to cover running costs, may then block your access to the site > you want. > > ~ ~ ~ > > Re your border gateway devices... Be prepared for some firmware > updates in the near future. One of the popular embedded OS's used > "VxWorks" has been found to have (at least) 11 critical vulnerabilities, > and this stuff runs in billions of devices world wide, designed to be > interconnected via the web too. > > See:- https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-725-notes.pdf Then scroll down to page > 9 or 10 (depending on your reader) > > Note too: New problems for exposed NAS devices, that many people are > unknowingly showing to the world! > > 73. > > Dave G0WBX. > > -- > Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and > open source software: > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to k9...@live.com -- Created on and sent from a Unix like PC running and using free and open source software: ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
