Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 14:01:13 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: software null modems Message-ID: <2473.1210860073@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 May 2008 09:58:17 -0400." <482C4179.3010006@gmail.com>
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In message <482C4179.3010006@gmail.com>, "Aryeh M. Friedman" writes: >|> I need a null modem and all I can find is straight through db25 cables >|> and I want to avoid the paper clip trick if I can. So is there any way >|> to create a null modem in software only? >| >| Man 4 nmdm >| >Perhaps I am just dense but it seems the nmdm creates the null modem >completely in software and thus can not be used across a real cable. No, you can't do that. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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