Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 11:30:17 -0700 (PDT) From: David Horwitt <horwitt@aogsquid.ucsd.edu> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Serial port expansion Message-ID: <200108131830.LAA14836@aogsquid.ucsd.edu>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'm looking for a method of connecting 4-8 serial devices to a laptop. The target connections are instruments that we can 'tip' to. Candidates are PCMCIA adapters (eg Quatech QSP-100), USB adapters (eg Keyspan, Comtrol Rocketport USB serial hub), or ethernet (eg Comtrol Rocketport ethernet serial hub, NPort server lite/pro). My preference is an ethernet adapter, since this sounds like it may be the easiest and most portable to use, though I have no idea how they work. Do you telnet them and then select a serial port to connect to, or do they use proprietary TCP/IP protocols and programs, or ??? Any advice or experience with any of these devices is appreciated; I'm running FBSD 4.3 (and not really interested in changing to -CURRENT, though I'm willing to back-hack anything that works). Thanks, David Horwitt Scripps Institution of Oceanography To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200108131830.LAA14836>