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Date:      Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:07:39 +0200
From:      Eric Masson <emss@free.fr>
To:        Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sharing COM ports to Windows hosts
Message-ID:  <86wr0binyc.fsf@srvbsdfenssv.interne.associated-bears.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120903030217.GA79339@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> (Victor Sudakov's message of "Mon, 3 Sep 2012 10:02:17 %2B0700")
References:  <20120903030217.GA79339@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru>

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Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> writes:

Hi,

> There is a FreeBSD box with several RS232 ports. Can those ports be
> accessed by Windows hosts over the network? Actually, does anyone
> have a success story for such a scenario?

Yes, sredird on the FreeBSD box & NetDialout from PCMicro on the Windows
box.

> There is some software like comms/serialoverip, comms/tits etc but are
> there any (freeware) Windows virtual COM port drivers compatible
> therewith?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COM_port_redirector#Open_source_solutions
com0com Project's com2tcp may be what you're expecting.

Regards

Éric Masson

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