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Date:      Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:15:16 +0700
From:      Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sharing COM ports to Windows hosts
Message-ID:  <20120905021516.GB38610@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>
In-Reply-To: <50458b26.tmHtgZn7IH/7r2In%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
References:  <20120903030217.GA79339@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <50443766.4020705@boosten.org> <5044b978.qFhU35CVsU8J/nET%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20120903072449.GA92658@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <50458b26.tmHtgZn7IH/7r2In%perryh@pluto.rain.com>

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perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote:
> 
> > In fact, the question is whether there is a standards compliant
> > (not written for some proprietary hardware terminal server
> > protocol) driver for Windows. Not exactly a FreeBSD question,
> > I know :)
> 
> Finding a Windows driver that will work with an existing FreeBSD
> program is certainly one possible approach.  Another, which
> I understood to be the intent of the original inquiry, is finding
> a FreeBSD solution that will work with an existing Windows driver.

I am fine with that too. Whatever works.

> There's surely no reason why a FreeBSD system _can't_ support
> a protocol originally developed by a hardware terminal server
> manufacturer, as vpnc does for the Cisco VPN protocol.

Actually, that was the reason of my question here: perhaps someone has
already found a matching pair (freeware if possible).

Two commercial solutions have already been named: NetDialout from
PCMicro and DialOut/EZ COM Port Redirector from Tactical Software.

Eric has mentioned com0com, but I have not been able to make it work
(I am not much of a Windows guy, and this software is a good example
of Windows hacking, in the good sense of the word, but still, I cannot
figure out how to create the configuration described in the README
file, some components seem missing).

-- 
Victor Sudakov,  VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN
sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru



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