From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 5 22:10:47 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n0b.san.rr.com (dt051n0b.san.rr.com [204.210.32.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B66737BA50 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:10:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (doug@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n0b.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA28703; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:10:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Doug@gorean.org) Message-ID: <38EC1C4F.4CE964EF@gorean.org> Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2000 22:10:39 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT-0325 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: joeo@cracktown.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Null modem cable between two FreeBSD Boxes References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG joeo@cracktown.com wrote: > > I'm having a great deal of difficulty getting two 4.0 boxes to talk over a > null modem cable. The serial ports on these boxes are known good, they > can drive modems just fine, the cable is also known good, I've used it > between two Ultra 5's in the recent past. The baud rates are the same. > I've visited the handbook, the FAQ, and the mailling list archinves, the > instructions there are the same as I remember them. I've had this > configuration working between two 3.0 boxes in the past. I don't remember > it being this difficult. > > Are there now some magic "stty" settings needed when using one freebsd box > as a serial terminal plugged into another freebsd box? It's not magic. :) You should reboot with a serial console (instructions in the handbook) which will make the appropriate settings for you. Doug -- "So, the cows were part of a dream that dreamed itself into existence? Is that possible?" asked the student incredulously. The master simply replied, "Mu." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message