From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 08:28:09 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E174437B401 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:28:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from catflap.home.slightlystrange.org (pc1-cmbg1-4-cust43.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [62.253.133.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A42E43FD7 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:28:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@slightlystrange.org) Received: from danielby by catflap.home.slightlystrange.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 197zgf-0005NM-00 for questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:28:01 +0100 Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:28:01 +0100 From: Daniel Bye To: questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030422152801.GA17771@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: questions@freebsd.org References: <20030422144553.17214.qmail@web9603.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030422144553.17214.qmail@web9603.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Scanner: exiscan *197zgf-0005NM-00*9wnaErdy5uw* (SlightlyStrange.org, Using NOD32 http://www.nod32.com) Subject: Re: Serial Console Question (re-sent w/ subject) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: dan@slightlystrange.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:28:10 -0000 On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 07:45:53AM -0700, Daryl Chance wrote: > I've searched the handbook and haven't found anything > about this. I'm trying to setup a serial console for > some remote machines i'm admining. I want to set it > up using null modem cables, as it says in the handbook > like so: > www:s1 - sql:s2 > www:s2 - mail:s1 > sql:s1 - mail:s2 > > >From what i've read it needs a dumb terminal? Is it > possible to do it without using this and only setting > it up with the null modem cables and nothing else? I > assume this is possible, but the documentation doesn't > seem to say anything about using only the cables and > nothing more. Yes, you can use just cables - I use a similar setup on my firewall box at home, without a dumb terminal in sight. You will need to use something like tip or cu to connect over the serial consoles. Check out http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html in the handbook for more details. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3D73 AF47 D448 C5CA 88B4 0DCF 849C 1C33 3C48 2CDC _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \