Nothing will happen.įrom the web interface, restart the switch.Īt this point, you get to see the uboot startup sequence for the switch. Using a serial console app, set baud rate to 115200.Ĭonnect to the device. Plug a USB-to-RJ-45 console cable into the device and a computer. u/QNAPDaniel, are there any instructions for using the serial console interface posted anywhere online?ĮDIT: After some creative googling, I've got an answer. It would be nice to know if this port is actually usable for anything at all. I'm going to ping QNAP about this at some point. Solution to the above: Do not use screens.
When I disconnect, Mac OS loses the ability to see anything at the other end of the serial adapter.
Further, I don't think I've figured out how to cleanly quit screens. It connects, but doesn't give any prompt, and just puts up garbage characters when I press a key.
I installed the FTDI beta drivers for Mac OS 11, and tried to connect with the screen app, which lets you access /dev/tty devices directly. Well, I got a cable with an FTDI serial chipset. Odd that they'd install htop if there's so little RAM and. This is a very odd piece of hardware, running LEDE Linux (a stripped down version of OpenWRT's OS).Īnd they apparently left no room for error in the hardware specification. Update 1: I managed to get in using a serial cable, after connecting at 115k baud, and using the default admin user and associated password. In particular, it would be nice to either change the name of the default admin account to something other than "admin," or add a second admin account with a different name and disable the default account. In particular, I'm wondering if it's possible to change settings using the console that are otherwise not accessible from the web interface. Has anyone played with this? What are its capabilities? I haven't found any description online, written or video, of what the console port interface is like. I was interested in exploring what the console port could do on this model, but connecting it directly to a laptop with a CAT 5e cable doesn't seem to do anything.Īpparently, I need a USB-to-RJ-45 console cable?