On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM Dan Mahoney (Gushi) via NANOG <[email protected]> wrote: > > Note: This is an attempt at Humor that I hope to make my fellow graybeards > go "wait, really?". It gave me a fun story to tell. But it may just read > as old-man-yells-at-cloud-hardware-vendor.
> * A usb "A" port, that presents a virtual serial port to the host PC, but > which then requires a USB-A-TO-USB-A cable that nobody has, and is next > to, and identical to, (but distinct from) the USB port where one can plug > in flash drives... > > OR > > * A totally different port on the other side of the main ports that has > the usual TXD, RXD, GND, CTS, RTS -- but ALSO inside a USB-A header, so > you need some special kind of unobtanium breakout box (And another of > those for the AUX connector.) Here I thought you were going to mention that instead of: 9600 8N1 the serial console is: 9600 8N2 (by default anyway) _______________________________________________ NANOG mailing list https://lists.nanog.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SIW73SYR7QBIE622JOKLTM5XD5SR2EIT/
