Networking with serial cable?

Man in the Redhat · 11-13-2006, 05:15 PM

Okay, I'm actually Tux-O-Matic, but right now I'm locked out of my account

, so I'm known as Man in the Redhat

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Anyway, I found instructions on networking with a serial cable for Windows, but none for Linux. Does anyone know a site that lists that, or does anyone possibly know how to? If you think it's self explanatory or just like Windows, then you don't have to respond

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Also I'm wondering about phone lines. Is it possible to network with a phone line? Again, you don't have to respond if you think it's self explanatory.

2damncommon · 11-13-2006, 05:47 PM

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Anyway, I found instructions on networking with a serial cable for Windows, but none for Linux. Does anyone know a site that lists that, or does anyone possibly know how to?

AFAIK you want to set up one box as the "server" and connect the "client(s)" to it.
A line like (for Debian) "T0:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttyS0 115200 vt100" in /etc/inittab will set up the "server" to check for logins. You would use something like "minicom" in Linux or "Hyper Terminal" or "PuTTY" in Windows to connect.
http://www.vanemery.com/Linux/Serial...l-console.html

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Also I'm wondering about phone lines. Is it possible to network with a phone line?

Yes. Slightly different inittab settings, same connection programs.

dxqcanada · 11-13-2006, 07:04 PM

You can do PPP over a serial cable ... or via modems.
PPP can transport many different protocols including TCP/IP.