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You cant as far as im aware - &nbsp;modern laptops come without a serial port these days which is annoying for us &quot;Cisco-ites&quot;<br />
Do what I do and get a USB&gt;Serial converter they cost pennies and work fine :)
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You cant as far as im aware -  modern laptops come without a serial port these days which is annoying for us "Cisco-ites"
Do what I do and get a USB>Serial converter they cost pennies and work fine :)

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&gt;&gt;I have a lpt to com port converter<br />
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I suspect you have a 25 pin serial to 9 pin serial converter - Serial comms used to be on a 25 pin connector as well :) Older Cisco Firewalls still have a 25 pin serial connector on them
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>>I have a lpt to com port converter

I suspect you have a 25 pin serial to 9 pin serial converter - Serial comms used to be on a 25 pin connector as well :) Older Cisco Firewalls still have a 25 pin serial connector on them

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Okay, i will get a USB&gt;Serial converter. How do you config that then?
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Okay, i will get a USB>Serial converter. How do you config that then?

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the converter will come with a driver that allows you to specify the com port you want it to emulate. &nbsp;You will still need to set it for 9600 8 1 and none for the com port setting.
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the converter will come with a driver that allows you to specify the com port you want it to emulate.  You will still need to set it for 9600 8 1 and none for the com port setting.

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Hi All,<br />
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I have a notebook running Windows XP Pro, it does not have a serial port on the back. I have a lpt to com port converter(From Cisco) to connect to my routers console port. How do i configure SecureCRT to see the lpt port as a com port.<br />
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Thanks for your help.<br />
<br />
Ian
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Hi All,

I have a notebook running Windows XP Pro, it does not have a serial port on the back. I have a lpt to com port converter(From Cisco) to connect to my routers console port. How do i configure SecureCRT to see the lpt port as a com port.

Thanks for your help.

Ian

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