Re: [FWD: RE: null modem cable]

On 10/21/10 00:19, Howard Krakower wrote:
> The older Netgear routers were notoriously flakey. I recall spending
> several hours unsuccessfully trying to get one running for someone's
> ADSL - finally, I packed it in and got a Linksys and it ran like a
> Swiss watch. I then found that one of the places that originally sold
> Netgear had dropped the line because of the problems with these
> routers.
>
> If what you are trying to do is run the Netgear to connect a LAN to a
> WAN (DSL), you could save a lot of time and spend $25 to get a new
> Linksys.
>
> Howard
That is no fun. :-)

It works fine as a router but I want open source firmware on it.
> Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 10:59:42 PM, Jean-Francois Messier wrote:
>
>> Can you access the web-based interface to manage the router, and verify
>> the status of the serial port ? DD-WRT, which is sometime installable on
>> NetGear routers, should be able to let ou do anything you want.
>> Unless the port is actually not wired to anything or there is no serial port
>> processor on the board. The firmware might have the port disabled by
>> default, requiring an "upgrade" to enable it. Again, DD-WRT if it can be
>> installed on your router, should enable all available hardware on your
>> router. i know it was enabling the USB port for many purposes than the
>> stock firmware would let me do. 
>
>> Moi, je suis Linux,
>> Et Windows 7, c'était pas mon idée !.......
>> JF
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [oclug] [FWD: RE: null modem cable]
>> From: James <[email protected]>
>> Date: Wed, October 20, 2010 10:49 pm
>> To: General Membership Discussion List <[email protected]>
>> On 10/20/10 22:06, Jean-Francois Messier wrote:
>>> Well, in order to see whether the problem is in configuring Linux for
>>> the serial port, can you temporarily try to connect your modem to a
>>> Windows PC, where you can perhaps have a better configuration of the
>>> serial port ? Also, some devices will auto-configure to the actual speed
>>> of the port. I know that a USRobotics 56K modem was auto-configurnig
>>> with connected to the serial port of the PC. 
>>>
>>> Can you get the same router on a serial port working on another computer
>>> ? If so, this might be a port issue on your computer, or a software
>>> config issue. 
>>>
>>> Is your device's serial port working with some known commands and
>>> expected replies ? is this a console port for a straight login ? 
>> I don't know if the router serial port is supposed to work, there is no
>> documentation.
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