USB to USB

RouterOS General
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So the newer routers are all coming with a USB connector instead of a serial port. My laptop has never had a serial port. I have a USB to Serial adapter that I use to connect to all my RB4xx series devices. Do I now need 2 USB to Serial adapters to connect my laptop to a MikroTik router with a null modem between them or is there a more graceful way to connect my laptop to one of the newer routers that only provide a USB interface?

2

I don’t think this will work.
The USB interface on the RouterBoards is only meant for flash drives, so they can be used as storage for logging or proxy.

3

also for gsm modem connection.

4

The Mikrotik DOES support putting a console on a USB serial port:

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Port

Serial and USB ports can also be used to:

connect 3G modems;
connect to another device through a serial cable
access device connected to serial cable remotely.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Supported_Hardware#USB_serial_adapters

…My question is, is there a more graceful solution than 2 USB to serial adapters with a null modem in between? Does anyone sell a single USB to USB cable with serial ports and null modem embedded into the molded connector or something?

5

Hrmmm…


This has promise: http://www.amazon.com/GearMo®-3-3v-Header-like-TTL-232R-3V3/dp/B004LBXO2A/ref=pd_sim_e_8

…Now just to buy 2 of them and wire them together inline as a null modem…