SG-3100 reset
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@Rico Do I need a specific type of mini usb cable?
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@packergeek It helps to have the Netgate USB console cable, but I don't think it's 100% necessary. Should be a normal USB A to USB Mini B, like you said. I don't think the pinouts on either end are any special.
Jeff
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@akuma1x So something like this should be ok? https://www.amazon.com/EDIMS-Network-Routers-CAB-CONSOLE-USB-Switches/dp/B06WRTSX7P
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@packergeek Yeah, that should be fine.
There's also this one, at half the price:
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-USB-2-0-Cable-Male/dp/B00NH11N5AHowever, the one you linked to specifically says "console cable", so there's that...
Jeff
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@akuma1x Ok so there's really nothing unique about it? I just want to make sure because I have ran into issues with serial console cables in the past that had to be a certain type.
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@packergeek I've used one from Netgate religiously, until... I misplaced it. I'm using one now from a USB 2 hub, and it works fine. So, like I said, I don't think Netgate uses any special pinouts on their console cables.
Maybe a mod can jump in here, or one of the Netgate engineers, just to confirm this.
Jeff
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It is just a USB cable. Same with Cisco. You can carry the same cable to access either though the chipsets might require different drivers.
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@rico I know this is an old topic.
But the link for recovery has the user install a driver for CP210x, which is a serial to/from USB converter. We use them to program microcontrollers all the time. Sometimes the chip is on-board, but smaller devices lack the chip, so we end u using cables or interface boards with this chip on/in them.
The Netgate-supplied one seems, from the docs, to not be a cable with the chip inside (usually at the USB side. It appears to be a 'plain' cable. This means the CP210x chip is on the other side of the Mini-USB connector on he case.
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@bogusexception The thing I see most often is using a bad, or failing, mini-USB cable.
The 3100 uses mini-USB, the 1100/1000 use micro-USB. The requirement is that it passes data as well as power for these models.
3100 page: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/sg-3100/connect-to-console.html
