[Mike Lu] likes to add serial ports to his routers to use for debugging but he didn’t want to drill holes in his new RT-N12. After a bit of head-scratching he thought about repurposing the four unused ...

We use USB to 7 serial port adapters in these cases. Stuff like this one, except some chinese no-name for 1/10 the price. There are also products that present physical serial ports over LAN, useful ...

Hi all.<BR><BR>I have here a NetGear RT311 router that someone configured and promptly forgot the password.<BR><BR>The only way to reset it is through the serial/console port.<BR><BR>Is it possible to ...

Well it certainly seems that there are a lot of you out there that watch the used router market for lab hardware pretty closely. Thanks for the continued insights into what makes sense, and what doesn ...

The $99 SpeedStream 2614 has everything you need in a broadband router, and then some. In this case, the “and then some” consists of a built-in print server and a serial port to be used for modem ...

Are two routers enough for practicing CCNA skills in your home lab? Maybe, maybe not. But you can practice a surprising number of CCNA-level router tasks with a two-router lab using the topology ...

You probably remember serial ports as the ancient nine-pin plugs you once used to hook up your mouse or joystick to your computer in the pre-USB dark ages. But tracking down devices that still use ...