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Date:      Fri, 29 Mar 2002 09:47:11 -0800
From:      Aditya <aditya@mighty.grot.org>
To:        Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: serial console vs. serial terminal
Message-ID:  <20020329174711.GC12102@mighty.grot.org>
In-Reply-To: <bulk.64497.20020329073250@hub.freebsd.org>
References:  <20020328115551.R33831-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> <bulk.64497.20020329073250@hub.freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 07:32:51AM -0800, Vivek Khera wrote:
> I have a rack of systems about 50 miles from my office that are hooked
> up to a TS1000 (just a smaller version of the TS2000) using the cables
> Cyclades sold to me.  They work just fine to the console ports.

I went the slightly more frustrating but cheaper route of buying the Cyclades
TS2000 on eBay and fashioning my own cables; I did finally get them working
with regular old CAT5 patch cables. The RJ45-DB9F modular adapter pinout that
I used is detailed in the mailing list:

  http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=804788+0+cureebsd-stable

The crux of the problem is that FreeBSD doesn't assert carrier on serial ports
that aren't serving as the serial console so this has to be done "by the
cable". This is in fact detailed in the handbook.

Thanks for the help,
Adi

 

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