From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 15 7:10: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from q.closedsrc.org (ip233.gte15.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.244.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2C9137BB42 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:09:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lplist@closedsrc.org) Received: from localhost (lplist@localhost) by q.closedsrc.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id e7FE7je82870; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:07:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lplist@closedsrc.org) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 07:07:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham To: Otter Cc: Gabriel Ambuehl , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: USB to serial support? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Otter mumbled: > Gabriel, > For additional serial ports, you might want to consider a DigiBoard or > BocaBoard. For modem use, look at the FreeBSD HCL first. The Boca 1008 > is one that does NOT work with modems, last i knew. Both are nice boards, but in this case, I don't think Gabriel has any PCI/ISA slots left as stated below. I personally do not know if any USB to serial port adapters work under FreeBSD. You may want to glance at the FreeBSD Handbook under suppported hardware for a list of compatible hardware. The FreeBSD Handbook can be viewed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook > > I'm in need for a USB to serial adapter because I ran out of serial > > ports in one of my machines and don't have any slots left > > for ISA/PCI > > serial cards. I recently saw some USB-to-Serial adapters (intended > > primarily for modems, I think but this shouldn't matter) and thought > > this could be a solution. // Linh Pham // http://closedsrc.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message