From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 5 02:15:20 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A7EF106564A for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 02:15:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: from relay2.tomsk.ru (relay2.tomsk.ru [212.73.124.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F6AE8FC12 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 02:15:18 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by clamd daemon 0.93.1 for FreeBSD at relay2.tomsk.ru Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (account sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru [212.73.125.240] verified) by relay2.tomsk.ru (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPSA id 28537383 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:15:17 +0700 Received: from admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (sudakov@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q852FHKX039155 for ; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:15:17 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) Received: (from sudakov@localhost) by admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q852FGGL039154 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:15:16 +0700 (NOVT) (envelope-from vas@mpeks.tomsk.su) X-Authentication-Warning: admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru: sudakov set sender to vas@mpeks.tomsk.su using -f Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:15:16 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120905021516.GB38610@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> 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> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50458b26.tmHtgZn7IH/7r2In%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Organization: AO "Svyaztransneft", SibPTUS X-PGP-Key: http://www.livejournal.com/pubkey.bml?user=victor_sudakov X-PGP-Fingerprint: 10E3 1171 1273 E007 C2E9 3532 0DA4 F259 9B5E C634 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Subject: Re: Sharing COM ports to Windows hosts X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 02:15:20 -0000 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