Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:06:48 -0700 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: peter@boosten.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sharing COM ports to Windows hosts Message-ID: <5044b978.qFhU35CVsU8J/nET%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <50443766.4020705@boosten.org> References: <20120903030217.GA79339@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <50443766.4020705@boosten.org>
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Peter Boosten <peter@boosten.org> wrote: > On 3-9-2012 5:02, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > There is a FreeBSD box with several RS232 ports. Can those ports > > be accessed by Windows hosts over the network? > > If I understand your question correctly, then AFAICT the only way to > access serial ports over the network is with a piece of additional > hardware, like a terminal server, for instance: > > http://www.perle.com/products/Terminal-Server.shtml?utm_source=ppc&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=server I believe the OP wants to use a FreeBSD machine, that has several serial ports and a network connection, _as_ a terminal server. I can think of no reason why such an arrangement could not be made to work; the question is whether someone has already written the necessary FreeBSD code to accept a telnet/ssh/whatever connection, initiated by a Windows terminal-server driver, and _transparently_ connect the session to a serial port on the FreeBSD machine via tip(1) or some such. (If all that's needed is access from a Windows Command window, it is a simple matter of ssh-ing to the FreeBSD box and then running tip(1).)
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