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Cisco usb console cable driver windows 7 download.
Check device manager under ciscousbconsolewindowsdriver.
I just purchased a usb to mini usb console cable to use with the 2960s switches we just bought.
It kept reverting back to the default windows driver on every boot.
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.
Connect the blue cisco usb console cable.
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.
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Launch the device manager to observe the usb driver installation.
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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.
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Open device manager to observe the driver installation.
Check that you see cisco usb to serial adapter.
I download the current driver ver.
It installs ok but when i try to use it with putty putty comes back saying it can t access the port.
Launch setup x64 exe file in windows 64 folder that was extracted from the file cisco usbconsole driver 3 1 zip.
What finally did the trick for me was to right click on the port in device manager and tell it to roll back drivers.
If you don t see it.
I noticed the driver says it s for win xp and win vista.
First disconnect the blue cisco usb console cable.
3 1 loaded it on my win 7 64 bit laptop.
The way to tell the installation of the cisco usb driver is good and the connection is good is as follows.
Disconnect the blue cisco usb console cable.
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.
Looking in device manager the driver was usb serial instead of cisco usb.