[Gllug] Manual arp configuration for usb networking

Andy Smith andy at lug.org.uk
Tue May 23 11:12:07 UTC 2006


On Tue, May 23, 2006 at 07:16:32AM +0200, salsaman wrote:
> Tethys wrote:
> 
> >[2] Grrr. Pesky modern computers. WTF is the point of a laptop without a
> >   fscking serial port? How else am I meant to fix a broken server in the
> >   datacentre? Does anyone have any recommendations for USB->serial or
> >   PCMCIA->serial solutions that work under Linux?

All the USB serial adaptors I have tried in my thinkpad have worked
fine.

I agree though, what a mad decision to include a parallel port but
no serial!

Cheers,
Andy
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