There are some bugs lurking. I just reproduced it and have it somewhat working now. Will be commiting some fixes shortly.
On 11/3/05, Espen Johansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any chance you have console redirection enabled in BIOS for this one ? > Not sure if the GX260 has it but... > > Some systems when set to console redirection start acting like they are > indeed a DCE, and not a DTE as one might assume it is. > Also do you get any info at all when you boot it ? > > Just my two cents. > > -lsf > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Strout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 3. november 2005 16:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Re: RE: Re: [pfSense Support] Serial port console ... ? > > I have to say that I don't necessarily agree with > the statement. I have had it working on EXACTLY > the same system(s) w/ the same cable before, but > to satisfy my curiosity and that of those out > there ... I just tried a db9 to db9 null-modem > cable to no avail ... > > I just went so far as to setup a Cisco router w/ > reverse telnet so I could monitor what was comming > off from the pfSense serial port (set for COM1 in > the BIOS .. BTW, as has always been), and see no > bits at all comming from the serial device > (pfSense). > > I am very familiar w/ DTE/DCE communications ... > worked many years w/ ISPs and modem banks and > mainframe comms ... not my first exposure to or w/ > DTE/DCE comms or null-modem communications. > > My concern is that it worked before w/ a flat roll > over (Cisco) cable ... and you are in fact correct > Bill, MOST serial comms between active devices > require 2/3x .... but since trying to set this up > in 0.84,5,6.x and having had to use a roll-over > cable to get it to work (I did try a null-modem > way back when I first set this system up, but > couldn't get it to work w/ that connection scema). > > My suspect is that there has been some handy work > on the serial setup in FreeBSD at the OS level > .... don't know that for sure .. not real > litterate w/ BSDs .. I know a fair bit from the > *NIX (Solaris, Linux, AIX) world, but certainly > not as up to speed in the FreeBSD realm. > > I've been pouring over the FreeBSD site for KBs on > different serial port configs and there seems to > be a fair bit of config you can do to a serial > interface as is there in the NIX realm. > > I don't know what else to say .... but I keep > looking and contribute where I can. > > Regards, > > -- > DLStrout > > > > Not sure I saw what type of hardware you had > > two Dell GX260's. > > > Straight through cables are usually used to > connect PC's > > depands on the "setup/programming" of the serial > interface in the OS. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
