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Date:      Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:19:18 -0400
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?
Message-ID:  <017101c147b3$36c3bc40$0e00000a@tomcat>
In-Reply-To: <5CD46247635BD511B6B100A0CC3F023925A0DF@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>

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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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