From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 15 19:05:09 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 898BB16A40F for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:05:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from mail.ipt.ru (mail.ipt.ru [80.253.10.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 074E543D45 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:05:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsam@ipt.ru) Received: from sp34.ipt.ru ([217.147.20.50] helo=bs1.sp34.ru) by mail.ipt.ru with esmtp (Exim 4.62 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GZBIH-0004Ua-SM; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:05:05 +0400 Received: from bsam by bs1.sp34.ru with local (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1GZBMb-0000BG-Pu; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:09:33 +0400 To: ches@cheswick.com (ches) References: <20061015003422.E268622865@i.cheswick.com> From: Boris Samorodov Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:09:33 +0400 In-Reply-To: <20061015003422.E268622865@i.cheswick.com> (ches@cheswick.com's message of "Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:34:22 -0400 (EDT)") Message-ID: <37094610@bs1.sp34.ru> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to connect a modem to the PS2 port? 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: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:05:09 -0000 On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:34:22 -0400 (EDT) ches wrote: > I am using a laptop as a server, and need a second serial port on it. I'd > love to use the psm0 port (I know it is an RS232C serial port) connected to > a modem, but I am guessing the the psm driver is getting in the way. > It is hard to ask the right question in Google. > Anyone know how to use the PS2 port as a simple serial port? I never > use a mouse on this machine. You can't do it. But you may consider purchasing a USB to serial port(s) converter based on PL2303 (Prolific Technologies) chip. Those converters work great with FreeBSD. WBR -- Boris Samorodov (bsam) Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP FreeBSD committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve