Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 13:41:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Adam W. Hawks" <root@hawks.caro.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: com port question. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808071340460.15104-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199808070222.WAA16442@hawks.caro.net>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, Adam W. Hawks wrote: > Is it possible to connect 2 com ports so that a computer connected to > com2 with a null modem cable can use com1's modem without installing a > modem in the attached computer? So, you want to connect two computers using a null modem cable and attach to the other machine, which happens to have a modem attached to it's other serial port? Sure, set up pppd on one end and ppp on the other. Took me about two hours one day to get it running. > I was thinking maybe their was a utility or way to attach two com > ports togetherin this fashon. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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