Is there a Data Communications Program Native to FreeBSD?

Bob Perry rperry at gti.net
Sat Oct 29 17:59:29 PDT 2005


On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 22:28 -0500, Noel Jones wrote:
> On 10/22/05, Bob Perry <rperry at gti.net> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 and just installed HylaFAX.  I'm just curious if
> > there is a data communications program native to FreeBSD that I could
> > easily install and run that would facilitate configuration of my
> > modem?
> >
> 
> tip and cu are part of the base system and should work for manually
> setting modem parameters.
> 
> If you want something more sophisticated, ports/comms has several. 
> I've used ecu and kermit for various projects in the past.
> 
> --

Chapter 21 Serial Communications of the FreeBSD Handbook touches on both
tip and cu and provides enough instruction to get me started.

Want to thank you, Bill, Stan, and the rest of the good folks on the
mailing list for your continued support.

Bob Perry



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