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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: Using a Win 95 Machine as a FreeBSD terminal ???? Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 00:34:38 +1100 Organization: Monash University Lines: 50 Message-ID: <32E0D16E.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascend-2-57.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33979 Last night I decided to hook up my FreeBSD box via a serial cable to a Win95 machine.... step 1. Edit /etc/ttys and include approriate device ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" unknown on secure step2. issued kill -HUP 1 step 3. Use HypeTerminal on Win95 machine to connect Used serial cable on com2 - 8 bit - no parity - 1 stop bit 9600bps, Hardware flow control. This worked fine....so long as the shell on the login terminal was "doing" something.. i.e. I could log in but unless there was ouput to the screen the connection would collapse... This resulted in a new login prompt being displayed... Similarly, if I left the HyperTerminal running the login prompt would routinely re-display itself.... So I tried using different entries in my /etc/tty i.e. ttyd1 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" cons25 on secure I would either get a message on my FreeBSD box about the getty process repeating too quickly, or no change in behaviour.... Can anyone tell me how I may approach setting this up ?? Do I have to tweak the entries in the /etc/termcap or /etc/gettytab files ??? Ideally I want to set up an old XT with kermit running to enable "remote" logins... (maybe the 15mtr serial cable is posing problems??) But at the moment this isn't accessible. Any help appreciated.. Regards, David M. Henshaw dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au -- ¤