[TriEmbed] No-network access to Raspberry Pi via console cable

[jonjwolfe at anibit.com]

That is a shame, it appears that Prolific EOL'ed that version of the
chipset:

http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=155&pcid=41

Prolific devices are almost as common as FTDI, maybe even more so. I
have not run into problems, but I know I have a ton of cables and
adapters that use the Prolific chipset.

Also, this is soft of a chicken and egg thing, if you don't have working
Wifi, but a much nicer way to setup wifi than what most using a nano to
edit the wpa-settings is to use:

SUDO APT-GET INSTALL WICD-CURSES

SUDO WICD-CURSES

Of course, the apt-get command wont work if you don't have an internet
connection, but if you could connect over ethernet temporarily.

the wicd-curses command also lets you browse available networks, etc. It
also makes it easier to setup the wifi to connect to any of series
SSID's. 

On 2015-02-10 17:21, Mark Sidell wrote:
> They claim the latest model does work with Windows 8:
> 
> https://www.adafruit.com/products/954 [5]
> 
> BTW, great tip!
> 
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Adam Haile <email at adamhaile.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Wish they would make one that worked with Windows 8 :( I bought that
>> cable without realizing it won't work with my machine.
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Shane Trent <shanedtrent at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I spoke with a couple of people after the meeting last night about
>>> an issue II ran into where I needed to set a WiFi username and
>>> Password on a Raspberry Pi that could not get on the Wifi and I
>>> had no monitor/keyboard. There is a great fix for this. Use a
>>> console cable to log into the Pi and then use the command line to
>>> update the Wifi credentials. Here is the Adafruit article.
>>>
>>>
>>
> https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-5-using-a-console-cable/overview
>>> [1]
>>>
>>> Shane
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> A blog about some of my projects. http://fettricks.blogspot.com/
>>> [2]
>>>
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> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
> https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-5-using-a-console-cable/overview
> [2] http://fettricks.blogspot.com/
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> [5] https://www.adafruit.com/products/954
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