Inspiron connecting to a switch/router

Using A Dell Inspiron 1520, I can't connect to the console port. There is no
serial connection on the lappy. Does anybody know how to get around this?


Thanks

=?Utf-8?B?aGF2ZW5sYWQ=?= <havenlad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in news:024C7421-17F1-4D38-8B30-D56649EBDC57@microsoft.com:

> Using A Dell Inspiron 1520, I can't connect to the console port.
> There is no serial connection on the lappy. Does anybody know how
> to get around this?
>

Serial RS-232 is rapidly becoming obsolete. If you need serial RS232,
purchase a USB-to-Serial or a Ethernet-to-Serial adapter (Terminal
Server).

<http://www.taltech.com/TALtech_web/support/usb2serial.htm>

HTH,
John

Thanks - very helpful, much appreciated

"John Wunderlich" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?aGF2ZW5sYWQ=?= <havenlad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in news:024C7421-17F1-4D38-8B30-D56649EBDC57@microsoft.com:
>
> > Using A Dell Inspiron 1520, I can't connect to the console port.
> > There is no serial connection on the lappy. Does anybody know how
> > to get around this?
> >
>
> Serial RS-232 is rapidly becoming obsolete. If you need serial RS232,
> purchase a USB-to-Serial or a Ethernet-to-Serial adapter (Terminal
> Server).
>
> <http://www.taltech.com/TALtech_web/support/usb2serial.htm>
>
> HTH,
> John
>