Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 22:17:26 +0200 From: David =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sieb=F6rger?= <drs@rucus.ru.ac.za> To: Chris <chris@ooc2000.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to use my FreeBSD box as a terminal Message-ID: <20020730201726.GA5166@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020730143949.02607ab8@mail.ooc2000.net> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020730143949.02607ab8@mail.ooc2000.net>
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On Tue 2002-07-30 (14:40), Chris wrote:
> Hi all, my router has a console port that I can connect to with a computer
> that has a serial port. There are only instructions for Windows, and my
> development laptop here doesn't have a serial port. Plus I'd like to
> connect using a FreeBSD box anyway. Trouble is, I know nothing about
> terminals or that sort of thing. I suspect it's an easy question -- fire up
> a terminal, telling it to use my serial port and 9600,0,1, but I don't know
> how to do that!
I've used cu and minicom to do that. cu is included in FreeBSD, and
can be used like so:
$ cu -s 9600 -l /dev/cuaa0
Connected.
User Access Verification
Username:
cuaa0 is COM1; replace as appropriate. Type ~. to disconnect.
minicom is a full-featured serial comms package which reminds of
Telix. You'll find it in the comms section of the ports collection.
And I'm sure there are plenty of other alternatives, too.
--
David Siebörger
drs@rucus.ru.ac.za
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