Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:16:35 -0800 From: bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> To: Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD ARM List <freebsd-arm@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB-serial adapter suggestions needed Message-ID: <ZaNEA3sSvtr3pviM@www.zefox.net> In-Reply-To: <847F0A8B-AE85-409E-AE65-3608930A4A90@yahoo.com> References: <ZaGQfy8u2xYzztri@www.zefox.net> <482FA770-89E8-42E8-945E-B662AD564AFE@yahoo.com> <ZaGxMA23qXBSC4Jj@www.zefox.net> <B3EF009B-F7FE-4D2D-A266-D064C82E0DFF@yahoo.com> <EE0BA069-9E14-45ED-BEC9-618D1F4C1DB8@yahoo.com> <9F0BEC32-93CB-4DEB-98C4-D0FF2284B9DE@yahoo.com> <ZaHs99yGcoEBXxl%2B@www.zefox.net> <85102B46-CC5E-4FDA-8736-F562512FADEC@yahoo.com> <ZaMCYUoXKniHta7w@www.zefox.net> <847F0A8B-AE85-409E-AE65-3608930A4A90@yahoo.com>
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On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 05:06:33PM -0800, Mark Millard wrote: > On Jan 13, 2024, at 13:36, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 09:49:47PM -0800, Mark Millard wrote: > >> On Jan 12, 2024, at 17:52, bob prohaska <fbsd@www.zefox.net> wrote: > >>> > >>> While checking, I logged in as root on the serial consoles of each host. > >>> When I tried to log in to www.zefox.net the response was > >> > >> This and http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/tiptrouble/corrupt_mac do not > >> make clear the full chain of connections. In fact the presentation > >> seems inconsistent with other information so various things may > >> have changed. > >> > >> Some context based on prior (out of date?) information: > >> > >> |-50.1.20.30 ns1.zefox.net Pi2 12.3 armv7 ftdi usb-serial----50.1.20.27 > >> |-50.1.20.29 ns2.zefox.net Pi2 12.3 armv7 2303 usb-serial----50.1.20.30 > >> |-50.1.20.27 www.zefox.net Pi2 12.3 armv7 2303 usb-serial----50.1.20.26 > >> > >> Was "pi4 RasPiOS workstation" involved as a starting place? If so, what > >> sequence gets to www.zefox.net from there? > > > > Yes, the login sequence starts from a shell on pi4 RapiOS > > workstation, via ssh to the terminal server where tip is run > > to access the usb-serial adapter plugged into it. > > Okay. There was 1 reference to a login from "gateway.zefox.net" > as a "Last login", as reported by a ns1.zefox.net login sequence. > > >> Starting with what you showed via: > >> > >> http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/tiptrouble/corrupt_mac > >> > >> (not knowing how you got there) . . . > >> > >> QUOTE > >> FreeBSD/arm (www.zefox.net) (ttyu0) > >> > >> login: root > >> Password: > >> Corrupted MAC on input. > >> ssh_dispatch_run_fatal: Connection to 50.1.20.29 port 22: message authentication code incorrect > >> END QUOTE > >> > >> 50.1.20.29 is supposedly ns2.zefox.net instead of www.zefox.net > >> or ns1.zefox.net according to http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/netmap . > > > > The netmap was wrong. ns1 and ns2 were swapped....8-( > > It now shows: > > |-50.1.20.29 ns1.zefox.net Pi2 12.3 armv7 ftdi usb-serial----50.1.20.27 > |-50.1.20.30 ns2.zefox.net Pi2 12.3 armv7 2303 usb-serial----50.1.20.29 > |-50.1.20.27 www.zefox.net Pi2 12.3 armv7 2303 usb-serial----50.1.20.26 > > But it later lists the older/inaccurate numbering as well: > > 50.1.20.30 ns1.zefox.net Pi2 v1.1 Fixed > . . . > 50.1.20.29 ns2.zefox.net Pi2 v1.1 Fixed > . . . > 50.1.20.27 www.zefox.net Pi2 v1.1 That's the right IP number for www.zefox.net. 50.1.20.26 is the IP number of the host for which www.zefox.net is the console terminal server. The "usb-serial----------" notation was meant to suggest wires on the right with the USB port (and its host) on the left. Sorry for the confusion! > >> The bugzilla material eventually needs to be updated with something > >> that can be followed and noting the possible occasional hardware or > >> software corruptions of material that end up going over Ethernet > >> that are now demonstrated to be able to cause the symptoms that > >> you have been seeing on occasion for so long. > > > > The netmap is corrected, with a description of the login sequence > > used to watch the serial consoles added. I _think_ it's > > a bit clearer than before, if not please say so. > > Definitely improved description of the context, thanks. Thank you. Clearly my notion of intuitive isn't widespread. bob prohaska > > >
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