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The general purpose communication interface and related protocols. Specifically, a serial interface transfers one bit at a time ("in serial"), and complies with the RS-232 standard.

The general purpose communication interface and related protocols. Specifically, a serial interface transfers one bit at a time ("in serial"), and complies with the RS-232 standard.

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Connecting two routers via serial

I'm new to Cisco and I wanted to connect two routers with serial connection. This is how my network looks now: Maybe I connected them wrong because when I try to ping from PC0 to either PC2 or PC3 I get destination host unreachable on the IP of…
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How to redirect screen display to rs232 in Linux?

I need to redirect all Linux output to rs232 port in order to connect to it via console cable or via ssh or telnet. How to do that? Is it possible to do that wihtout recompiling the kernel?
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Is there a device with multi auxiliary (AUX) ports to configure multiple devices

Level: Beginner Sorry for the confusing title. I shall try to explain my best to explain my question. Question: Is there a networking device named X that has multiple AUX ports so that I can connect other networking devices that can be configured…
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Serial port - changing settings during usage

I am using one of Gumstix Overo boards, it has OMAP3 CPU, which includes some UARTs. Now, I am wondering what will happen if I will be sending some data on some serial port (for example /dev/ttyO0), and during that time, I will use stty command to…
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Solaris10 Hard Disk Information

I am trying to inventory hard disk information remotely (serial number, disk size, manufacturer...) but am having trouble. I know the drive(s) are configured under a raid controller, but can I view this information without rebooting? So far I've…
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Switch console output to RS232

How can I switch temporally Linux ASCII console to RS232 port build-in computer. I mean about Linux system working as server, without running any graphical tools on it (X11, bootsplash etc). But I want to do it temporally just "on demand". In…
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minicom cmd not showing

I am using minicom in centos to try to connect to a cisco router. I did the configuration with minicom -s changed the serial port to the appropriate one /dev/ttyS1. Saved as dfl. and Exit. When minicom started i got the following. Welcome to…
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Network Serial/COM Port

I need to connect to a single serial port over the network. I was wondering if there was a hardware device that I could connect to the port and then install a virtual COM port on a Windows box. The device would need some type of basic security -…
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How to connect a Mac laptop to a server via the serial port?

I'm a applications guy trying to set up a Dell c6100 server that doesn't boot. We'll have physical access tomorrow. The box has a serial connector for console access. We'll have a MAC laptop. Are there any good instructions to explain exactly which…
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Getting VM on ESXi to use COM ports on local (thin?) client

Setup: WinXP VM on ESXi v4.1 infrastructure system, accessible via vSphere thick client and RDP WinXP client (i.e. my laptop) with a device connected to the serial port How do I get the VM to talk to the device connected to my local…
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How to enable serial console on Cisco Catalyst 4948

I recently bought used Cisco Catalyst 4948 and can't configure it : is see no link on all interfaces, serial console works but only output I only can stop autoboot and enter in rommon. Any hints how to enable input in serial console ? Boot stops at…
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Which version of windows to download for a serial code

I have a serial code of a Windows XP (it is on the case), but i do not know which version of Windows to download. How could i find out from the running system which version should I download? Because I have tried some win XP cd and the serial wasn't…
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Two Cisco 2901 Back-to-Back using X.21 (HWIC-2T) - Am I missing some config?

I have two Cisco 2901 GWs, each has an HWIC-2T interface module. I want to set them up back-to-back to send network traffic between PCs and Phones connected to my GWs over this link. I have CAB-SS-X21FC (DCE) and CAB-SS-X21MT (DTE) cables connected…
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Unable to connect to IBM G8000R via serial

I have just received a new IBM switch, a G8000R. It's written on the guide it is necessary to establish a connection between switch and hyperterminal console. So I have connected the switch via a "Mini USB to Ethernet" adapter (delivered with IBM…
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Debian Squeeze guest running under KVM, how to get serial?

I've just got it running on Ubuntu, have installed everything but the kitchen sink. Got virt-console, virt-manager, running debian Squeeze, everything works. But... I don't want to connect via vnc. I want to install loads of KVM's onto a headless…
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