Has anyone managed to get Cliffnet working with a USB adapter?

The standard serial com port connector is useless, as most laptop since 1870 don't have serial ports anymore.

Can anyone give me any help?

 

they don't work with usb adaptor's

Which car slot does your laptop have? expresscard or pcmcia

 

PCMCIA, why?

 

all you need to get is a pcmcia rs232c card for your laptop. That will give you a proper serial port for the Cliffnet to work with.


Check ebay, there are normally loads of them available for around £5

 

really?

 

yeah. it's that simple....

 

I use a Prolific Technologies USB to serial adapter with Cliffnet with no problems. This was under Win2k and XP.

The only times I had an issue was when Windows assigned a high com port number to the interface. I think I had to assign it one between 1-4?

You do this in device manager, properties on the usb com port, port settings tab and then the advanced button.


HTH

 

cheers - i might have to invest in one of them

 

the pcmcia ones are more reliable

 

I am trying to use a Prolific USB to Serial on an Apple laptop (under windows 7 parallels desktop) but i cant make it work. The USB to Serial works 100% but the Cliffnet wizard dont see it .

Could you help me with the settings ???