HOWTO connect your Mac to the CISCO Router/Switch CLI

Buy a Serial DB9 male to USB like this one: http://www.iogear.com/product/GUC232A/

Download and install the `USB to Serial Driver for MacOS X` at http://sourceforge.net/projects/osx-pl2303

Now you must be able to see the following

$ ls /dev/tty.*

/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem

/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync

/dev/tty.PL2303-0000101D

$

Power your CISCO Router, plugin your rollover cable into the router and connect it to the DB9 - USB adapter and write the following

$ screen /dev/tty.PL2303-0000101D 9600

[Enter]

Router>

Ctrl+a k to exit screen