Hi. I'm trying to find a generic serial port redirection solution for a Linux terminal server environment. I'd like a solution based on RFC2217. I'm particularly interested in syncing Palm Pilot PDAs.
I've found these two servers: * ser2net * sredird Both looks fine. Clients seems to be rare, though. C-Kermit seems to be the only common client. However, I'd like to be able provide "virtual" serial port devices on the terminal servers (something like /dev/xterminals/1/ttyS0). After much searching, I've found "cyclades-serial-client" (http://www.coker.com.au/cyclades/). This package has a few problems, though: * The software is hard to find. * No public CVS repository * Pretty much assumes you are using a Cyclades terminal server * The author ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) does not answer mail or accept patches I've tried cyclades-serial-client both with sredird and ser2net, with some applications, but it doesn't work very good: sredird + cyclades-ser-cli + pilot-link --------------------------------------- I'm able to use "pilot-xfer -l" to list a few databases, but then the transmissions ends prematurely with errors. ser2net + cyclades-ser-cli + pilot-link --------------------------------------- "pilot-xfer" is unable to establish an connection. cyclades-ser-cli complains about "Unimplemented command 1" etc. Later, it says "Buffer overflow". ser2net/sredird + Kermit ------------------------ Kermit has built-in RFC2217 support, but it doesn't work for me: --- C-Kermit>set host localhost:4911 DNS Lookup... Trying 127.0.0.1... Reverse DNS Lookup... (OK) localhost.localdomain connected on port 4911 C-Kermit>set speed 2400 localhost.localdomain:4911, 2400 bps C-Kermit>connect Connecting to host localhost.localdomain:4911 Escape character: Ctrl-\ (ASCII 28, FS): enabled Type the escape character followed by C to get back, or followed by ? to see other options. ---------------------------------------------------- , Communications disconnect --- Kermit disconnects me as soon as I type any character. Comments? Has anyone successfully used the cyclades-serial-client package with sredird or ser2net? cyclades-serial-client is included in Debian, so I think it's a bit strange that it has never been tried with a Linux RFC2217 server before. -- Peter �strand www.thinlinc.com Cendio www.cendio.se Teknikringen 3 Phone: +46-13-21 46 00 583 30 Link�ping ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
