Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:54:54 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: jamesvv@ibm.net, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a serial mux? (Serial <-> FreeBSD <-> WAN <-> FreeBSD <-> Serial) Message-ID: <36DAF08E.6C0028D5@softweyr.com> References: <199903011712.JAA19958@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to use FreeBSD as a serial mux? What I want to do is
> > replace an existing leased line that is connected to serial multiplexers
> > with a more modern WAN (TCP/IP) connection. The downside is that I still
> > need to provide the serial muxing connection. So really what I need is a
> > way to remotely run some terminals that are proprietary enough to not have
> > emulation, as in serial in one server and serial out the other server. This
> > seems useful enough that I would be surprised is someone has not already
> > done it (without requiring some expensive terminal servers!) Any thoughts or
> > suggestions are appreciated.
>
> A serial mux application is so trivial that anyone setting something
> like this likely to just sit down and write the damn thing. If it's
> beyond your reach, I'm sure that there are plenty of people that would
> be happy to roll such an animal for you.
Depending on your application, you may not even need any programming.
If you're talking about connecting a bunch of terminals on one side
to a bunch of serial lines on the other side of the WAN connection,
you can probably do this without custom programming, using standard
FreeBSD applications.
Please describe to me your problem in detail, and I'll see if I can make
some recommendations. This may not be of interest to -hackers, please
think about this before including the list in your reply.
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Wes Peters +1.801.915.2061
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