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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: Chooka <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Using a Win 95 Machine as a FreeBSD terminal ???? Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 15:06:17 +1100 Organization: Monash University Lines: 53 Message-ID: <32E19DB9.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> References: <32E0D16E.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> <874tgeltn6.fsf@beowulf.gamp.hacom.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascend-4-32.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) To: "G. Albert Mietus" <albert@gamp.hacom.nl> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33999 G. Albert Mietus wrote: > > In article <32E0D16E.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Chooka <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> writes: > > But, you can consider to use a PPP connection instead on a dump serial > line I have done that for the Mac. The your W95 box can run (e.g.) all > kind of "internet" programms, including netscape, to connect. You can > use telnet to login (as often as you like!) > I assume I do this by running ppp as a daemon (pppd) ??? Or can I use a user PPP session using the line device as /dev/ttyd1 ??? What steps did you take ? > Back to your problem: > > > ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown on secure > > Used serial cable on com2 - 8 bit - no parity - 1 stop bit > > 9600bps, Hardware flow control. > > That an old speed, normally you can go up to 115k and higher, even > without a fast RS232 chip (on your freeBSD box) > But I have doupt about the hardware flow controll. Norammly you can't > use HW flow controll when connecting two computers (it is designed for > one computer, and one "not computer"! > Okay So I'll try no flow control ?? > > No, 15mtr cable is way out of spec, but normally works fine! I have > run long, long alo with even longer cables, bundeld with power, and > video. No problem. > Besides, the only problem you can get is "stange" chars on your > screen, it never should disconnect you connection! > > Good luck, and rember, use ppp with IP on top when possible. It remove > all noise on the cable ! Is there a FAQ on doing this ?? I've got user PPP working so I can connect to my ISP. Shouldn't be much harder right! Any thoughts on getty reporting it was repeating to quickly ?? Thanx in adv. David Henshaw dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au --