Re: Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-24 Thread Fili Wiese
After some testing it turned out that the cable is indeed not properly wired :S I ordered a better one and I'm hoping that it will do the job flawlessly. Thanks for replying! Regards, Fili Btw. the cat/echo is a proposed test by Linux-Ha.org which should work. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-24 Thread David Brodbeck
As an alternative to minicom, 'screen' also makes a useful serial terminal program. At least on OS X, I often do something like this to talk to routers and the like: screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600 Ctrl-A Shift-K will exit. Ctrl-A i will give you a nice little display of what the serial

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-24 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 09:14:21AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: As an alternative to minicom, 'screen' also makes a useful serial terminal program. At least on OS X, I often do something like this to talk to routers and the like: screen /dev/tty.usbserial 9600 Ctrl-A Shift-K will exit.

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-24 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 24, 2007, at 9:48 AM, Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 09:14:21AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: As an alternative to minicom, 'screen' also makes a useful serial terminal program. At least on OS X, I often do something like this to talk to routers and the like: screen

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-24 Thread Ken Irving
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:48:42AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 09:14:21AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: As an alternative to minicom, 'screen' also makes a useful serial terminal program. At least on OS X, I often do something like this to talk to routers and the

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-24 Thread David Brodbeck
On Aug 24, 2007, at 10:30 AM, Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 08:48:42AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 09:14:21AM -0700, David Brodbeck wrote: As an alternative to minicom, 'screen' also makes a useful serial terminal program. At least on OS X, I often do

Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-23 Thread Fili Wiese
Hello, I'm having trouble setting up a serial connection between two servers using a null modem cable. This link is needed as a redundant connection for Heartbeat. Both machines are indentical (both hardware and software). Some info:

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-23 Thread Mumia W..
On 08/23/2007 08:37 AM, Fili Wiese wrote: Hello, I'm having trouble setting up a serial connection between two servers using a null modem cable. This link is needed as a redundant connection for Heartbeat. Both machines are indentical (both hardware and software). Some info:

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-23 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Fili Wiese wrote: Hello, I'm having trouble setting up a serial connection between two servers using a null modem cable. This link is needed as a redundant connection for Heartbeat. Both machines are indentical (both hardware and software). [cut] I'm really at a loss :S Does anybody have a

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-23 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 03:37:00PM +0200, Fili Wiese wrote: I'm having trouble setting up a serial connection between two servers using a null modem cable. This link is needed as a redundant connection for Heartbeat. Both machines are indentical (both hardware and software). In my humble

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-23 Thread Ken Irving
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 03:06:45PM +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 03:37:00PM +0200, Fili Wiese wrote: I'm having trouble setting up a serial connection between two servers using a null modem cable. ... Maybe the (brand-new) null-modem cable is not wired properly

Re: Serial port connection (null modem) not working

2007-08-23 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 11:17:11AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 03:06:45PM +, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: I have yet to find a ready-made null-modem cable that is actually wired correctly for use by UNIX. How it should be wired can be found in several places accessible