Serial Console Install over Lan?

[Nikolas Britton]

Kaboofa wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to setup a headless FreeBSD machine (5.1 Release Cd 
> version), using a serial console, but instead of using a serial port, 
> is it possible to use a lan cable instead?
> Or, is there anyway to set up a ssh server when the installer program 
> is booted?
>
> Thank you,
> Tom Norris

To install, no, not software based... After its installed, maybe.

Hardware "serial over IP" devices:
http://www.bsdmall.com/serialoverip.html

This query yielded many hits:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%22serial+over+ip%22+BSD&btnG=Search

ssh install, donno... http://librenix.com/?inode=3804