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Date:      Sat, 29 Oct 2005 21:00:06 -0400
From:      Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net>
To:        Noel Jones <noeldude@gmail.com>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is there a Data Communications Program Native to FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <1130634006.2064.12.camel@homey.my.domain>
In-Reply-To: <cce506b0510222028u9a2ca23x2ac438479b7b0775@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 22:28 -0500, Noel Jones wrote:
> On 10/22/05, Bob Perry <rperry@gti.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 and just installed HylaFAX.  I'm just curious if
> > there is a data communications program native to FreeBSD that I could
> > easily install and run that would facilitate configuration of my
> > modem?
> >
> 
> tip and cu are part of the base system and should work for manually
> setting modem parameters.
> 
> If you want something more sophisticated, ports/comms has several. 
> I've used ecu and kermit for various projects in the past.
> 
> --

Chapter 21 Serial Communications of the FreeBSD Handbook touches on both
tip and cu and provides enough instruction to get me started.

Want to thank you, Bill, Stan, and the rest of the good folks on the
mailing list for your continued support.

Bob Perry




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