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Date:      Thu, 06 Apr 2000 08:46:57 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se>
To:        Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, joeo@cracktown.com
Subject:   Re: Null modem cable between two FreeBSD Boxes
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000406084657.mj@isy.liu.se>
In-Reply-To: <38EC1C4F.4CE964EF@gorean.org>

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> 
> 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?

Is it that you cannot get a Login: prompt? In which case the appropriate
/dev/ttyd? might be off in /etc/ttys. If you are using minicom in this case, it
expects a modem so you'll have to short pins 4 and 8 (assuming DB25) on the box
you are trying to send from, to fool it.

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