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 ...

Just a quick stop. That’s all it is. You left your “STFU” hat (the one you like to wear on weekends) in your office, and it’s totally (kind of) on the way to the family reunion anyway. Just a quick ...

What you usually want is a "serial console switch", which is a small computer with one or two ethernet ports and lots of serial ports. These serial ports are usually presented as RJ45 connectors. Make ...

Connecting a computer running HyperTerminal emulator software to the console port of a router lets you access router information and modify settings without using the device's Web-based configuration ...

i went through some power outages last night and my sg500 is now in a wonky state. i cant access it via the mgmt IP and its not doing very much. i am trying to access it via the serial console but not ...