From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 17 13:32:27 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B803F106566B for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:32:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org) Received: from smtp-out0.tiscali.nl (smtp-out0.tiscali.nl [195.241.79.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B4768FC14 for ; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:32:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.123.145.58] (helo=sjakie.klop.ws) by smtp-out0.tiscali.nl with esmtp (Exim) (envelope-from ) id 1NWVEw-0006Qj-6V; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:32:26 +0100 Received: from 212-123-145-58.ip.telfort.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sjakie.klop.ws (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCE93F49F; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:32:21 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Marin Atanasov" , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <717f7a3e1001120714m37aada69gfaa35f0f9b17f435@mail.gmail.com> <44678539@bb.ipt.ru> <717f7a3e1001142234y1de7ae15x6853e3ddcab4add9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:32:21 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Ronald Klop" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <717f7a3e1001142234y1de7ae15x6853e3ddcab4add9@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.10 (FreeBSD) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple serial consoles via null modem cable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:32:27 -0000 On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:34:17 +0100, Marin Atanasov =20 wrote: > Thank you a lot for your feedback! > > Now to the real question again, because I'm a little confused now - can= I > still get a usb-to-serial port converter having let's say 8 serial port= s =20 > and > then connect each machine to the usb-to-serial hub and manage them =20 > remotely > from a single location (the host having the usb-to-serial hub)? That wa= y =20 > I > just specify a serial port number and I get to a specific machine? > > The model provided by Boris looks nice, and that was my initial idea, b= ut > I'm not sure if I could get it working under FreeBSD. Is conserver or > conserver-com able to handle this? I know that cu uses COM1 only, but =20 > will > conserver able to handle serial consoles on different ports, since the > usb-to-serial port would appear as multiple serial ports. You can provide cu with the port to connect to on the command line. cu -l cuaU0 -s 115200 cu -l cuaU1 -s 115200 etc. You can not connect several servers on 1 serial port, but you can connect= =20 several servers on several serial ports. With serial-over-usb it scales t= o =20 many serial ports. Ronald. > > Thank you and regards, > Marin > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Boris Samorodov wrote: > >> On Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:14:44 +0200 Marin Atanasov wrote: >> >> > I'm thinking about the following situation - 1 system acting like a = =20 >> host >> > with a serial port hub, each port of the hub is connected to a =20 >> different >> > machine on sio0, using null modem cables. >> >> Along with milti-io serial cards we use multi-usb serial >> converters, such as SUNIX UTS7009P (7 USB to serial adapter): >> http://www.sunix.com.tw/it/en/LinkCraft/UTS4009P_UTS7009P.htm >> >> -- >> WBR, Boris Samorodov (bsam) >> Research Engineer, http://www.ipt.ru Telephone & Internet SP >> FreeBSD Committer, http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve >> > > >