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On Mac, What is the best way or software to connect to routers and switches through console port (Serial) ?

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Question added by Mustafa Gadi , Service Delivery Manager , leader Investment Group
Date Posted: 2016/04/28
Shaikh Muhammad Adeel
by Shaikh Muhammad Adeel , Sr Pre Sales Engineer , SysCons Computers LLC

 

Serial is not Ethernet, these are two different protocols, so connecting it to your thunderbolt adapter won't work. You can use a USB-serial cable for this, I've had good experiences with cables with a PL2303 chipset on OSX.

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