Re: NIC as RS232

2008-01-09 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:29:41 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven said: > We have plenty of DB9-to-RJ45 at work. Very useful when abusing the > Ethernet cabling in the wall for serial connections (also used for > phone). > > Maybe surprisingly to you, I haven't seen the RJ11 variant ;-) I have to admit, th

Re: NIC as RS232

2008-01-09 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 9 2008 09:29, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: >On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:48:35 +0200, Thanasis said: >> > Is there a kernel driver that would make a NIC's port work as a RS232 >> > port, using the serial cables that are RJ45 on one side and DB9 or DB25

Re: NIC as RS232

2008-01-09 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Tue, 8 Jan 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:48:35 +0200, Thanasis said: > > Is there a kernel driver that would make a NIC's port work as a RS232 > > port, using the serial cables that are RJ45 on one side and DB9 or DB25 > > on the other? Maybe null modem cables of that t

Re: NIC as RS232

2008-01-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:48:35 +0200, Thanasis said: > Is there a kernel driver that would make a NIC's port work as a RS232 > port, using the serial cables that are RJ45 on one side and DB9 or DB25 > on the other? Maybe null modem cables of that type ? Or for example > those used by cisco as consol

Re: NIC as RS232

2008-01-07 Thread Matti Aarnio
On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 08:48:35AM +0200, Thanasis wrote: > Is there a kernel driver that would make a NIC's port work as a RS232 > port, using the serial cables that are RJ45 on one side and DB9 or DB25 > on the other? Maybe null modem cables of that type ? Or for example > those used by cisco as

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2008-01-07 Thread Thanasis
Forget my previous question, as I understand now that I gave it a more serious though, that it is not a matter of driver, but an incompatibility between the two in the layer/media carrier level. I was dreaming :-) Original Message Subject:NIC as RS232 Date: Tue, 08 Jan

Re: NIC as RS232

2008-01-07 Thread Thanasis
on 01/08/2008 08:48 AM Thanasis wrote the following: > Is there a kernel driver that would make a NIC's port work as a RS232 > port, using the serial cables that are RJ45 on one side and DB9 or DB25 > on the other? Maybe null modem cables of that type ? Or for example > those used by cisco as conso

NIC as RS232

2008-01-07 Thread Thanasis
Is there a kernel driver that would make a NIC's port work as a RS232 port, using the serial cables that are RJ45 on one side and DB9 or DB25 on the other? Maybe null modem cables of that type ? Or for example those used by cisco as console port cables? (or may be I'm dreaming ;-) <>