[debian-non-standard] Anyone using an ASUS wl500gp v2 ?

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

Les F schrieb:
> Well... I have compiled kernels on mainstream hardware,  this is my
> first attempt at
> working with an embedded version.  I was under the impression that the
> connections
> inside the asus were not straight serial and required extra circuitry
> added to work.
> 
> http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware/Asus/WL500GPV2
> says... These serial ports use TTL levels. You need an additional
> voltage convertor to get a standard serial port. The parameters are
> 115200 baud and 8-n-1.   While I dont know quite
> what that means, I am capable of taking a parts list throwing some ICs
> together and
> making one if shown how.  Thats why I havent tried seeing what was happening so
> far.

It needs a 3.3V serial cable.

Which means it will usually be a USB-serial cable.

Those used for mobile phones usually should work.

I made my cable with these instructions:

http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/HowTo/AddASerialPort



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