Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 14:40:33 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Andrew Gordon <arg-bsd@arg1.demon.co.uk> Cc: <freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cheap PCI multiport serial card for FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020709143455.05b6f8f8@marble.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <20020709185809.D25196-100000@server.arg.sj.co.uk> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020709082503.01c267f0@192.168.0.12>
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At 07:04 PM 09/07/2002 +0100, Andrew Gordon wrote: >Have you considered using USB serial adaptors instead? I find this makes >for more convenient plumbing in some circumstances and is not necessarily >any more expensive. > >Admittedly, there is no intrinsic support for serial<->USB adaptors in >-stable, but the code I use for talking to them via UGEN can be found at >http://www.arg1.demon.co.uk/freebsd.html > >The adaptors that I use can be found at >http://www.dontronics.com/usb_232.html No particular merit to these over >any other (if you can find driver support) - I just used them because I >was using the same chips in another project. Hi, Thanks for the tip! Not sure if this would work for my UPS requirements, but it would certainly be good enough if I am able to connect to another FreeBSD box this way, or to the other network devices we have there for OOB. ---Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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