Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:41:00 -0600 From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RS232 / TCP converter and BSD. Message-ID: <201003041641.o24Gf06Z051029@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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Chuck Swiger writes: > Data centers use that for serial connections to stuff like Cisco routers > and other terminal applications all the time. However, if the device is > truly RS-232 rather than 422/423, it's nominally out of spec past 50 > meters > and possibly won't go past 9600 baud. I was wondering about that when I wrote my long-winded response. I was confused and thought the maximum length for RS-232 was longer than it is. 70 meters is almost 25% out of range which is kind of pushing things.
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