Re: [FWD: RE: null modem cable]

On 10/20/10 21:38, Piotr R. Sidorowicz wrote:
> It appears that you need a straight male-to-female serial cable, and not 
> a null modem cable.
"Straight cable" refers  to a normal serial cable, right?
I tried different baud rates (I assumed I'd at least get junk on on of
them :-() but nothing happened.
Is there a program that will try every combination of baud rate,  start
and stop bits, parity?

>  What is crucial though, is to verify the default 
> connection details for your router, i.e., baud rate, number of start 
> bits and of stop bits, parity, etc., and to match those parameters 
> exactly in your terminal emulator. Otherwise you are likely not to see 
> any interaction.
>
> Hth,
>
> Piotr
>
> On 10-10-20 08:34 PM, James wrote:
>> On 10/20/10 19:51, Jean-Francois Messier wrote:
>>> Usually, serial ports on computers have a male port on the back. If this
>>> is a female port, you would likely meed a simple male-to-female cable.
>> The computer is male and the router is female.
>> I tried a normal serial cable.
>> It is 'possible' that my serial port doesn't work (I upgraded the kernel
>> many times since I last used it).
>> The port on my computer should work. :-)
>>> Question is about the number of pins. On a PC, this is usually 9 pins.
>>> What is it on your Netgear router ? Do you have a PC with a serial port
>>> that you can actually operate and use under linux ?
>> It is labelled rs-232 on the router and it looks normal. :-)
>>>
>>> Moi, je suis Linux,
>>> Et Windows 7, c'était pas mon idée !.......
>>> JF
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    -------- Original Message --------
>>>   Subject: [oclug] null modem cable
>>>   From: James<[email protected]>
>>>   Date: Wed, October 20, 2010 5:13 pm
>>>   To: OCLUG Mailing List<[email protected]>
>>>
>>>   I have a Netgear WGR615V router that has a female rs-232 (labelled)
>>> port.
>>>   I want to connect to it but I have no idea what kind of cable I need.
>>>   I'm looking for someone with a cable to try it for me.
>>>   I don't want to buy a cable unless I know it will work.
>>>   I think it's broadcom based.
>>>   The eventual goal is to get it working with dd-wrt.
>>>   I want to see what it shows. :-)
>

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