Cisco Usbconsole Driver Zip

In theory Win 8.x and Win 10 should be close to Win 7 (this is the reason why Microsoft is confident enough to encourage Win 7 and Win 8 users to perform an in-place upgrade to Win 10 for free, if it's not highly compatible, Microsoft will be tortured by support requests / complaints).With that said, the difficulty you're experiencing may be different than what I encountered. I wish I had experience with Windows 8.1, but my limited experience has been with Windows 10 as part of the preview program. I would perform a test of the Cisco package on Windows 10 but Win 10 was erased from the computer was using in the lab a week ago (so the computer could be used by another staff member and the Microsoft Win 10 preview program has ended now that it's in production, thus I don't have a reference Win 10 platform currently).

Cisco Usbconsole Driver Zip File

For years I have been wondering when Cisco would activate the USB ports on their devices. I have been hoping for all kinds of USB functionality to routers, switches, firewalls but Cisco has been slow to unlock the power of these USB ports. Wouldn't it be cool if you could connect the myriad of USB devices to a Cisco router to further the list of amazing things you could do?

Cisco has started to put mini-USB ports on their devices to allow for console port connectivity.I am hoping that this new method continues to be spread to other devices. I also hope that Cisco will enable all of the USB Type-A ports on their other devices for similar connectivity. For years I have hauled around two console cable sets. Because I often connect to multiple devices at the same time, such as redundant supervisors on 6500s or to two supervisors in redundant 6500s or VSS, I need two serial cables. Here is a picture of one of my typical USB cables. I use a USB to serial adapter. I realize that this is expensive but it is the most reliable and its driver seems universally accepted by laptop operating systems.

Cisco Usbconsole Driver Zip Download

Note that the end on the light-blue console cable has been replaced and a yellow boot added because of excessive wear. You know you have logged into a lot of Cisco routers when you wear out the RJ-45 connector on the end of your favorite console cable.Cisco has now given us the ability to connect our laptops to the USB ports for console access. Cisco has added USB Type-B ports to their devices and these ports can be used as a console cable.You will need three things to get this working.1) A device that uses this type of USB Type-B port2) A USB Type A to 5-pin mini Type-B cable3) A driver from Cisco to make this work with your laptop operating system Don’t miss and see. Get daily insights. You still need to install a on your laptop to use the USB interface as a serial communications port.

Cisco Usbconsole Driver Zip Download

Don't worry that this shows the download location for 3900 ISR G2 routers. The same utility works for the entire ISR-G2 line.