From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 19 21:03:37 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C220916A4CE; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:03:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8966643D5A; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:03:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DFCA12B34D; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:03:34 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01373-05; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:03:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-222-46-91.eastlink.ca [24.222.46.91]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9405112B34C; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:03:33 -0400 (AST) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7D6E836A4A; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:03:33 -0400 (AST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A5D336426; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:03:33 -0400 (AST) Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:03:33 -0400 (AST) From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041119165657.C878@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD, Intel Motherboards and Portmaster Serial Console - How? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 21:03:37 -0000 I just picked up a PM25 for our colo facility, so that I can do remote admin on the FreeBSD boxes ... our two Tyan servers are a piece of cake, as they have DB9 Serial, like I'd expect ... but the Intel motherboards have "External RJ45 serial, internal serial header" on all of there boards, from what I can tell ... but what I can't figure out is how to make use of them ... The servers are remote, so adding a 9pin serial port onto the 'internal header' is a bit difficult, so am wondering about using the 'external RJ45'. The PM25 cables end in an RJ45 jack, and we had to purchase adapters to go from RJ45->9pin ... can those RJ45 adapters be used to plug into the RJ45 serial directly? Also, from what I've been able to read so far, the RJ45 == Serial B, not Serial A ... so, I'd need to change how FreeBSD works as far as serial console is concerned, to look at Serial B, no? Help? Thanks ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: scrappy@hub.org Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664