Connect the blue cisco usb console cable.
Cisco usb console cable driver windows 7 download.
Open the windows device manager navigate to the ports com lpt section and open the section so you can view the indivicual ports plug the cable into the pc and the cisco router and you ll see a new port appear typically com4 which is the default as setup by the cisco usb console driver.
If you don t have the latter don t worry.
If you don t see it.
Download the latest version free console usb driver directly from our site if you want.
It would install with no issues and work okay but the next boot it would not.
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Launch the device manager to observe the usb driver installation.
I m going to show you how to download setup and test the driver on a windows 8 1 based pc right now.
Please try again later.
Disconnect the blue cisco usb console cable.
All that s needed now for connection to the console is a usb a to mini b cable and the cisco usb console windows driver.
If you face any issues or this driver doesn t work with your windows os or the link is broken which we provided here then please don t forget to tell us through comments below in the comments section we.
What finally did the trick for me was to right click on the port in device manager and tell it to roll back drivers.
Reinstall the cisco usb console drive using setup x64 exe from the windows 64 folder which was extracted from file cisco usbconsole driver 3 1 zip.
Open device manager to observe the driver installation.
I work for a company that has multiple support contracts with cisco we spend an average of 5 million a year on new equipment and service contracts annually and we still have issues getting that same driver file for the usb cable that comes with the routers switches.
Check that you see cisco usb to serial adapter.
It kept reverting back to the default windows driver on every boot.
Looking in device manager the driver was usb serial instead of cisco usb.
First disconnect the blue cisco usb console cable.
I download the current driver ver.
The link is simply placed at the bottom of this post click on that link to start download automatically.
The way to tell the installation of the cisco usb driver is good and the connection is good is as follows.
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Launch setup x64 exe file in windows 64 folder that was extracted from the file cisco usbconsole driver 3 1 zip.
3 1 loaded it on my win 7 64 bit laptop.
I just purchased a usb to mini usb console cable to use with the 2960s switches we just bought.