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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!news.alpha.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!fox!yzalkow From: yzalkow@fox.ee.vt.edu (Yuval Zalkow) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Terminal program for sl attach? Date: 12 Jun 1995 03:35:15 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3rgclj$ect@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <3rdf8i$d64@news1.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: fox.ee.vt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Etienne Finet (efinet@insist.com) wrote: : I try to get my ppp/slip connection going. : 1) Where can I find a terminal program that runs under FreeBSD? : 2) What are the names of my com ports??? : Many thanks in advance. : BR, Etienne Finet I use Kermit, it is available from Cloumbia University, (ftp to kermit.columbia.edu) You can also get a port to FreeBSD from ftp.cdrom.com. The file name is cku190.tar.gz I think. I'm pretty sure that's it. Anyway, that is a pretty good terminal program. I use it under FreeBSD to get my SLIP connection up, and I use it under OS/2 as my Telnet program, (IBM's telnet is really slow,) and as my communications program. You're serial ports have a couple of different names, maybe somebody can even get me straight on the differences. Firstly, there is tty00 for your first serial port and the increment from there. I think your serial ports are also called cua02 or something like that. I'm not so sure on the cua devices. I use the tty00 devices. Typically, to specify your serial port to something like slattach you would use "/dev/tty00" without the quotes of course. I hope this helps, and maybe someone else can clarify the devices. Chris ---------------- cinacio@vt.edu