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Date:      Mon, 13 Nov 2000 22:46:18 -0500
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        randys@amigo.net (Randy Smith)
Cc:        freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Remote console into FreeBSD 4.1.1 boxen
Message-ID:  <m4d11tsko1is5udgsi4kuip3h18ih27es6@4ax.com>
In-Reply-To: <SEN.974149357.742008187@news.sentex.net>
References:  <SEN.974149357.742008187@news.sentex.net>

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On 13 Nov 2000 16:02:37 -0500, in sentex.lists.freebsd.isp you wrote:

>My questions are:
>1) Is it possible to log in to a FreeBSD 4.1.1 (or higher) through a=20
>serial port?

Yes. You have done the "hard part" ie. where most people mess up. Make =
sure
you have=20
ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   dialup  on secure=20
instead of=20
ttyd0   "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600"   dialup  off secure=20

kill -1 1
when you make the change.


>2) If so, has anyone setup a Lucent PM2 or other box (FreeBSD or=20
>whatever) to console into multiple boxes? (I ask about the PM2 because I=
=20
>just happen to have one lying around.)

Have not tried it myself, but there is no reason why it should not work.

	---Mike
Mike Tancsa  (mdtancsa@sentex.net)	=09
Sentex Communications Corp,   	=09
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
"Given enough time, 100 monkeys on 100 routers=20
could setup a national IP network." (KDW2)


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