From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 26 5:35:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.vindaloo.com (ool-182dd047.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.208.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3512A37B401 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 05:35:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@vindaloo.com) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by fw.vindaloo.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f6QCYi713500; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:34:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from andale.vindaloo.com(192.168.133.3) via SMTP by fw.vindaloo.com, id smtpdUm4233; Thu Jul 26 08:34:40 2001 Received: by andale.vindaloo.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 301144383; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:34:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:34:33 -0400 From: Christopher Sean Hilton To: Doug Young Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: null modem wiring Message-ID: <20010726083433.C15490@andale.vindaloo.com> References: <026101c115b5$b17ce220$8200a8c0@apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <026101c115b5$b17ce220$8200a8c0@apana.org.au>; from dougy@brizzie.org on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 07:30:11PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 07:30:11PM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > Would someone please direct me to a simple english explanation > (ideally with a diagram rather than the obligatory martian text) of > the "pin to pin" wiring for null modem cable to work between two > FreeBSD 4.3 machines > > I've tried the example provided in the handbook but its wording is quite > confusing & other websites have various different configurations (none > of which work properly) > I use the Null modem pinouts from "The C Programmers Guide to Serial Communications", J. Campbell. It's an old book so it will be tough to find but if you have to play with RS232C serial it's a great reference. These cables have worked great for me in all types of serial applications. Sun, RS/6000, PC etc. I used to use one of these cables to do ftp installs of FreeBSD 2.0.5 over slip to a laptop which did not have PCMCIA or a CD-ROM drive. I was able to run the install at 115.2 kbaud with no problems. -- Chris Hilton chilton-at-vindaloo-dot-com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "All I was doing was trying to get home from work!" -- Rosa Parks To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message