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Subject: Re: using serial port
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 10:32:16 +1000
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I think the device you need to use is either /dev/cuaa0 (COM1)
or /dev/cuaa1 (COM2). FWIW, the "officially correct" place to
ask technical questions of this nature is the freebsd-questions
rather than freebsd-newbies so I've posted to both lists so I don't
than incur the wrath of various experts :)

----- Original Message -----
From: "DrTebi" <drtebi@yahoo.com>
To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: using serial port


> Hi,
> I have a very basic setup:
> Asus P2BD motherboard
> generic CD-ROM
> generic Floppy Drive
> 8GB Maxtor HD
> ATI Rage Pro
> ....
>
> What I am trying to do is using the serial port connection (correct me if
> I'm wrong, the connector next to the printer's parrallel port connector,
> there's two) to connect to the serial port, or also called console port,
on
> a Cisco 1720 router.
>
> I am pretty lost, since I don't even know what program I would need to
make
> this connection. On Windoze systems there is a program called "Hyper
> Terminal", which worked fine - but I want to use FreeBSD.
> I figured the "minicom" application would be the one to use, and installed
> it.
>
> Now, which device IS the serial port? /dev/sdi0? /dev/ttyd0? How do I
> configure it through minicom?
>
> What do I have to do?
> Please help!
>
> DrTebi
>
>
>
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