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Date:      03 Oct 2001 11:12:00 -0400
From:      Vivek Khera <khera@kcilink.com>
To:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Serial consoles
Message-ID:  <x7wv2cbvwf.fsf@onceler.kciLink.com>
In-Reply-To: <30300.1001949859@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
References:  <30300.1001949859@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>

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>>>>> "SH" == Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> writes:

SH> Ideally, I'd like to "cross-wire" the boxes.  Can the serial port
SH> configured for use as serial console / kgdb access port also be used
SH> with tip or similar to provide access to the serial console of the box
SH> on the other end of the serial cable?

Put them in a cycle, unless you only have one serial port per box.
With two ports per box, make the first port the console, and the
second one connects to the box above it.  The top box connects to the
bottom box.

Much easier is to get a terminal server like the Cyclades TS1000,
which provides a nice secure no-moving-parts machine with which to
access your serial ports.  I have mine set up to require SSH
connection to a specific user name which is passed through to the
serial port for the proper server.

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