I did that and it didn't work. Let me give a bit more detail... Intel chipset Celeron 400 PC w/ 256 MB RAM. Serial port is enabled in BIOS (standard COM1 -- 3F8 IRQ4). I am trying to connect from my laptop COM1 using a null-modem cable connected to COM1 on PC.
I booted from CD and performed a default install to HD (using attached keyboard/screen). Accessed web GUI (from crossover-connected laptop NIC) and enabled serial console, as stated below. Saved changes and restarted PC. On laptop, configured Hyperterminal COM1, 9600-8-N-1. Hyperterminal says it is connected, but no text is visible on the screen (not even any garbage while PC is booting). I would have expected to see a console screen just like the local console, but through Hyperterminal, but no joy :-( Any other thoughts? ~Brian > -----Original Message----- > From: Holger Bauer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 2:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] Serial console on PC? > > > system>advanced, [x] enable serial console at com1 > > Holger > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brian Neufeld [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 10:57 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [pfSense Support] Serial console on PC? > > > > > > Sorry I was not more clear... What I wanted to know is if > it is even > > possible on the PC platform? I don't want to bang my head > against a > > wall trying to get something to work that never will... > > > > ~Brian > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Vivek Khera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 1:37 PM > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] Serial console on PC? > > > > > > > > > > > > On May 10, 2006, at 4:26 PM, Brian Neufeld wrote: > > > > > > > Does the serial port console functionality of pfSense > work on the > > > > standard PC platform or is this an embedded platform only (i.e. > > > > wrap/soekris) feature? I tried with a null modem cable and > > > > couldn't get > > > > it to work... > > > > > > did you enable the option on the gui and reboot, and did > > you connect > > > at 9600 baud? > > > > > > if so, please better define "couldn't get it to work" in terms of > > > what happened and how that differed from what you expected to > > > happen, > > > and what exactly you did. > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ____________ > Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
