The airconsole's are cute ... but not really practical. I happened to get a chip computer (getchip.com ?) and turned it into a console server I can get to over the net ... at least at home and equinix. it's also 'cute' but not really practical... it is only 9 USD though, so there's that.
I'm really unclear why USB for console is 'a thing' for large gear... 9600 is plenty fast for typing, 115200 is acceptable (in a pinch) for code upgrades... (icky, yes, but...) I wonder if you can x-modem over the usb... and at what rate. I also do wonder about jared's problem of: "hey so I need to hit break to fix this gear during reboot.... oops! driver not loaded yet!" On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Peter Loron <pet...@standingwave.org> wrote: > A possible alternative, although probably not one you'd want to leave in > place permanently: > > http://www.get-console.com/airconsole/ > > -Pete > > > On 2016-02-02 06:11, Jared Mauch wrote: >> >> On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 10:15:28PM +0000, Erik Sundberg wrote: >>> >>> We have one of these nice new and fancy Cisco ASR920-24SZ, just realized >>> it doesn't have an RJ45 Console port only USB. When we deploy devices at our >>> pop we wire the console port to a terminal\console server, well that doesn't >>> work for a usb console device. >>> >>> So what is everyone doing for out of band management via the console when >>> it's a usb only device? >>> Is there something I am missing? >> >> >> Likely not. I've seen most equipment makers start to ignore >> serial console. >> The default these appears to be moving to a uBoot/PXE style network setup >> where you push an image and such via TFTP/DHCP into the device. >> >>> Is there a console server for USB? >> >> >> I've not seen one show up, but there are other devices like this >> which the DIY industry has started to build: >> >> http://freetserv.github.io/ >> >> I have a side business i'm tinkering with and these are open >> source >> hardware. If there is interest, I'd be willing to build these in volume >> and >> drive the cost down. >> >> It would not be difficult to do a giant USB hub that was similar. >> >>> Does cisco make an USB to RJ45 Jack adapter? >> >> >> Yes, but I'm always concerned about what boot messages are lost >> or things you can't quite do properly (like send break, etc) to get into >> the device as you're waiting for the USB to initalize, driver to present >> to OS, etc.. Maybe they spent more time thinking about this than I >> am aware, but it's something I've not had a proper solution explained to >> me >> for. >> >> - Jared
