Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:28:01 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial Console Question (re-sent w/ subject) Message-ID: <20030422152801.GA17771@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20030422144553.17214.qmail@web9603.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030422144553.17214.qmail@web9603.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 07:45:53AM -0700, Daryl Chance wrote: > I've searched the handbook and haven't found anything > about this. I'm trying to setup a serial console for > some remote machines i'm admining. I want to set it > up using null modem cables, as it says in the handbook > like so: > www:s1 - sql:s2 > www:s2 - mail:s1 > sql:s1 - mail:s2 > > >From what i've read it needs a dumb terminal? Is it > possible to do it without using this and only setting > it up with the null modem cables and nothing else? I > assume this is possible, but the documentation doesn't > seem to say anything about using only the cables and > nothing more. Yes, you can use just cables - I use a similar setup on my firewall box at home, without a dumb terminal in sight. You will need to use something like tip or cu to connect over the serial consoles. Check out http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html in the handbook for more details. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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