I just purchased a usb to mini usb console cable to use with the 2960s switches we just bought.
Cisco usb console cable driver windows 7.
Launch setup x64 exe file in windows 64 folder that was extracted from the file cisco usbconsole driver 3 1 zip.
Log in to cisco support site here download the console usb driver.
It kept reverting back to the default windows driver on every boot.
Connect the blue cisco usb console cable.
I download the current driver ver.
Check that you see cisco usb to serial adapter.
First disconnect the blue cisco usb console cable.
Please try again later.
Extract the zip file on your computer.
Check device manager under ciscousbconsolewindowsdriver.
Open device manager to observe the driver installation.
What finally did the trick for me was to right click on the port in device manager and tell it to roll back drivers.
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.
The way to tell the installation of the cisco usb driver is good and the connection is good is as follows.
Launch the device manager to observe the usb driver installation.
Looking in device manager the driver was usb serial instead of cisco usb.
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The two main aspects to think about when using windows as a client for a console connection via the mini usb cabl.
Usb console cable driver for windows 7.
How to connect console cable driver with pc.
I noticed the driver says it s for win xp and win vista.
If you don t see it.
3 1 loaded it on my win 7 64 bit laptop.
First of all download the latest cable driver from below link.
It would install with no issues and work okay but the next boot it would not.
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.
The blue mini usb console cable that is included with the ir829 and other 800 series devices connects the mini usb console port under the screwed down plate to a usb port on your pc.
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.