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You'll need to get a usb-serial adapter and then connect with a console cable. Adapters aren't very expensive. Connecting to the Console Port with Mac OS X To connect a Mac OS X system USB port to the console using the built-in OS X Terminal utility, follow these steps: Step 1 Use the Finder to go to Applications Utilities Terminal. Step 2 Connect the OS X USB port to the router. Step 3 Enter the following commands to find the OS X USB port number: macbook:user$ cd /dev macbook:user$ ls -ltr /dev/.usb.
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 9, 66 Apr 1 16:46 tty.usbmodem1a21 DT-macbook:dev user$ Step 4 Connect to the USB port with the following command followed by the router USB port speed: macbook:user$ screen /dev/tty.usbmodem1a21 9600 To Disconnect the OS X USB Console from the Terminal Window Enter Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+ Hth, John Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App. There's a new Mac app called available on the App Store. Full disclosure- I wrote it. We got tired of having to find and install drivers for different serial adapters and devices we have here in order to administer Cisco switches, so we wrote our own terminal that uses its own built-in drivers for the most common chipsets available. There's a free demo available. Also, as of Mac OS X 10.9, Apple began shipping their own FTDI driver. So, if you're using a USB-serial adapter that uses the FTDI chipset (many of the higher-end adapters do), you don't need to worry about installing drivers and can use the built-in screen command in the Terminal to access serial ports.
You'll need to get a usb-serial adapter and then connect with a console cable. Adapters aren't very expensive. Connecting to the Console Port with Mac OS X To connect a Mac OS X system USB port to the console using the built-in OS X Terminal utility, follow these steps: Step 1 Use the Finder to go to Applications Utilities Terminal.
Prolific PL2303 USB to Serial Adapter and Mac OS X This is a quick note on getting a USB-to-serial adapter working on my MacBook Pro so that I can console into Cisco routers, switches, etc. You may say this is a boring topic, that's because it is.
Step 2 Connect the OS X USB port to the router. Step 3 Enter the following commands to find the OS X USB port number: macbook:user$ cd /dev macbook:user$ ls -ltr /dev/.usb.
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 9, 66 Apr 1 16:46 tty.usbmodem1a21 DT-macbook:dev user$ Step 4 Connect to the USB port with the following command followed by the router USB port speed: macbook:user$ screen /dev/tty.usbmodem1a21 9600 To Disconnect the OS X USB Console from the Terminal Window Enter Ctrl+A followed by Ctrl+ Hth, John Sent from Cisco Technical Support iPhone App. Hi, hope someone still answer my question, i have installed the drivers and was able to see the the tty.usb from my mac terminal, i can also connect properly. My problem is that when i issue a command through console, it freeze up after a few lines of output. It will not let me continue and i have to exit 'screen' and run it to gain access.
Even if i use other terminal application, results are the same. Am i missing something or do i have to configure something on my terminal app? TIA for those who will answer. There's a new Mac app called available on the App Store. Full disclosure- I wrote it. We got tired of having to find and install drivers for different serial adapters and devices we have here in order to administer Cisco switches, so we wrote our own terminal that uses its own built-in drivers for the most common chipsets available. There's a free demo available.
Also, as of Mac OS X 10.9, Apple began shipping their own FTDI driver. So, if you're using a USB-serial adapter that uses the FTDI chipset (many of the higher-end adapters do), you don't need to worry about installing drivers and can use the built-in screen command in the Terminal to access serial ports.
This for all those folks who want to know how to connect to a console port on a Cisco device (or any console, really) using a Mac. Because OSX is built on a Unix derivative, it includes a number of tools that are built in, including a little application called screen. You don’t need SecureCRT, Putty, or any other application. Screen is a powerful application with a number of different uses, but the manual page is as cumbersome as any.
Using it to connect to a Cisco device, however, is easy. You only need to take three steps to use it successfully. First, connect your Mac to the console port using any Mac compatible USB/serial adapter. Second, from the terminal, run the ls /dev/tty. command.
This will show you the name of the USB/serial adapter as it appears in the /dev directory. Third, from the terminal, run the screen /dev/tty. 9600,-cstop,-cs8,-parenb command. This invokes Screen using the USB/serial adapter, instructs it to use 9600 baud, one stop bit, 8 data bits, no parity. When you are finished, press and hold the key combination and then press the key.
This will disconnect screen and release the terminal. If you want to know more about how Screen works and all that it can do, read the man page.