per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > There is a FreeBSD box with several RS232 ports. Can those ports > > > be accessed by Windows hosts over the network? > > > > If I understand your question correctly, then AFAICT the only way to > > access serial ports over the network is with a piece of additional > > hardware, like a terminal server, for instance: > > > > http://www.perle.com/products/Terminal-Server.shtml?utm_source=ppc&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=server > > I believe the OP wants to use a FreeBSD machine, that has several > serial ports and a network connection, _as_ a terminal server.
Correct. > > I can think of no reason why such an arrangement could not be made > to work; the question is whether someone has already written the > necessary FreeBSD code to accept a telnet/ssh/whatever connection, There are several in the ports collection. Some even implement RFC2217. Some work and some don't. > initiated by a Windows terminal-server driver, and _transparently_ > connect the session to a serial port on the FreeBSD machine In fact, the question is whether there is a standards compliant (not written for some proprietary hardware terminal server protocol) driver for Windows. Not exactly a FreeBSD question, I know :) -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:suda...@sibptus.tomsk.ru _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
