Has anyone gotten a USB device that requires "Virtual COM Port" support
to work in Linux? I'm considering employing this relay[1] to perform a
nightly reboot of my pile-of-junk Comcast cable modem.
--Dave
[1] http://www.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=4757843
/*
PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc
Dave Smith wrote:
> Has anyone gotten a USB device that requires "Virtual COM Port" support
> to work in Linux? I'm considering employing this relay[1] to perform a
> nightly reboot of my pile-of-junk Comcast cable modem.
Assuming the serial controller on that board is supported by Linux, when
Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Has anyone gotten a USB device that requires "Virtual COM Port" support
>> to work in Linux? I'm considering employing this relay[1] to perform a
>> nightly reboot of my pile-of-junk Comcast cable modem.
>
> Assuming the serial controller on that boar
Dave Smith wrote:
> That may indeed be a better option, but the hacker in me wants any
> excuse to setup a relay and a cron job. :)
Amen.
Shane
/*
PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net
Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug
Don't fear the penguin.
*/
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 09:04:18AM -0700, Dave Smith wrote:
> Has anyone gotten a USB device that requires "Virtual COM Port" support
> to work in Linux? I'm considering employing this relay[1] to perform a
> nightly reboot of my pile-of-junk Comcast cable modem.
It looks like it uses the FTDI c
On 22 Feb 2010, at 18:13, Dan Hanks wrote:
>
> Looks like UTOPIA has made its interest in Google's offer known:
> http://www.freeutopia.org/2010/02/17/utopia-announces-that-they-will-pursue-google-fiber-rfi/
>
Woot!
/*
PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net
Unsubscribe: http://plug.
Shane Hathaway wrote:
> Assuming the serial controller on that board is supported by Linux, when
> you plug in the device to a computer running a recent distribution,
> you'll get a device called /dev/ttyUSB0, which you can use like an
> ordinary serial port.
So I could use minicom to control i
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:10:14AM -0700, Dave Smith wrote:
> I would love to write a bash script as simple as this:
>
>reboot-cable-modem.sh:
>#!/bin/bash
>echo 0 > /dev/ttyUSB0
>sleep 5
>echo 1 > /dev/ttyUSB0
>
> Do you think it would be that simple?
Here are the example co
Byron Clark wrote:
> It looks like it uses the FTDI chip so it should work fine with any
> 2.6.x kernel.
Byron, that's why you make the big bucks. Yeah baby! I just ordered one
-- can't wait to start playing with it.
--Dave
/*
PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net
Unsubscribe: http:/
On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 09:04 -0700, Dave Smith wrote:
> Has anyone gotten a USB device that requires "Virtual COM Port" support
> to work in Linux?
I don't know if this works the same way as what you're looking at, but
I've got one of these and it works perfectly right out of the box:
http://www.a
> Looks like UTOPIA has made its interest in Google's offer known:
> http://www.freeutopia.org/2010/02/17/utopia-announces-that-they-will-pursue-google-fiber-rfi/
I've tried a few times and haven't been able to get to that site
(server timing out) while "downforeveryoneorjustme.com" reports it as
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Daniel C. wrote:
> > Looks like UTOPIA has made its interest in Google's offer known:
> >
> http://www.freeutopia.org/2010/02/17/utopia-announces-that-they-will-pursue-google-fiber-rfi/
>
> I've tried a few times and haven't been able to get to that site
> (server
Mr Ritter wrote:
> I couldn't get to it from home on Comcast, but my work loads it just
fine.
Yeah, comcast is doing something fishy with it. I can reach it when I
route around the damage via my VPS.
/*
PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net
Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/optio
Michael Torrie wrote:
> Mr Ritter wrote:
> > I couldn't get to it from home on Comcast, but my work loads it just
> fine.
>
> Yeah, comcast is doing something fishy with it. I can reach it when I
> route around the damage via my VPS.
Something fishy is going on, but I wouldn't be quite so quick
On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> Mr Ritter wrote:
> > I couldn't get to it from home on Comcast, but my work loads it just
> fine.
>
> Yeah, comcast is doing something fishy with it. I can reach it when I
> route around the damage via my VPS.
>
Well actually I wouldn't b
Conspiracy theory at bottom.
On Tue 23 February 2010 18:37:08 Joe C wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> > Mr Ritter wrote:
> > > I couldn't get to it from home on Comcast, but my work loads it
> > > just fine.
> >
> > Yeah, comcast is doing something fishy with i
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:56:43 -0700
Corey Edwards wrote:
> Michael Torrie wrote:
> > Mr Ritter wrote:
> > > I couldn't get to it from home on Comcast, but my work loads it
> > > just
> > fine.
> >
> > Yeah, comcast is doing something fishy with it. I can reach it
> > when I route around the da
Corey Edwards wrote:
> Something fishy is going on, but I wouldn't be quite so quick to place
> blame. I'm getting the same error from my cable at home. A traceroute
> bails out after getting to their network provider (Datotel).
Interesting. I can ping www.freeutopia.org, but I cannot make an htt
On 2/23/2010 7:12 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
> Corey Edwards wrote:
>> Something fishy is going on, but I wouldn't be quite so quick to place
>> blame. I'm getting the same error from my cable at home. A traceroute
>> bails out after getting to their network provider (Datotel).
>
> Interesting. I
On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 19:49 -0700, gregorcy wrote:
> I am in SLC though.
Burn him! Burn the witch!
--
"XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't
using enough of it." - Chris Maden
/*
PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net
Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:12:33 -0700
Michael Torrie wrote:
> Corey Edwards wrote:
> > Something fishy is going on, but I wouldn't be quite so quick to
> > place blame. I'm getting the same error from my cable at home. A
> > traceroute bails out after getting to their network provider
> > (Datotel).
21 matches
Mail list logo
