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From: "Andrew C. Hornback" <achornback@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Drew Tomlinson" <drewt@writeme.com>,
	"FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: RE: How to Connect to Serial Console?
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:19:18 -0400
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Drew Tomlinson
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 7:05 PM
> To: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)
> Subject: How to Connect to Serial Console?
>
> I have a FBSD 4.3 box that is configured with a serial console.
> I've always
> used a Windows emulator to connect to it and it worked fine.  But now I
> would like to connect via a FBSD 4.4 box using what would be
> called COM2 in
> Windows.  I'm trying to use the tip command but am not able to
> communicate.
> Here is my command:
>
> blacklamb# tip -v -115200 com2
> connected
>
> But that's it.  No communication.  Am I on the right track?  What am I
> missing?

	I think what you're confusing here is the device name.  In FreeBSD, I
believe "Com2" is cuaa1.  Try that and see if it works.  Also, try the man
page for tip.

--- Andy


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