modems on terminal servers?

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Hi,

I can't say for sure, but I think it should work -- we run about 8 modems
on a terminal server in a company here, connected over TCP/IP to an AIX
box. This is by fare more reliable than directly connected modems
(AIX...!).

Mgetty doesn't need to know about this, all is handled by the terminal
server software. Thus, there is no support for it in mgetty either...

gert

Paul Fox wrote:
> i have an older Xylogics Annex terminal server that i use for most
> of my serial devices, because most of them don't need more than its
> 56k max port speed, and so far, i haven't had a device that needs
> full modem control signals -- they're all dumb pollable devices, or
> dial-out-only modems.
> 
> i'd like to set up a modem for dialin, though, and i'm wondering if
> mgetty (which i'm configuring for the first time) can handle it.
> in reading through at least some of the docs, i've seen no mention
> of this kind of setup. can it be done? i have a daemon from Xylogics
> that can make a remote serial port appear to be local by creating
> a local pty and "remoting" the ioctls etc -- should i bother? does
> mgetty have any intrinsic support for remote ports?
> 
> i think the Annex ports are only 8-wire ports (and i'm not sure as
> i write this which wire gets dropped... RTS? CD?), is this a big
> problem?
> 
> i think i can probably free up a local serial port if i need to... so
> if the answer is "it can't be done" i'll be okay. but i'd like to use the
> Annex ports when possible, since i do have other devices that _must_ have a
> local port...
> 
> paul
> 
> ---------------------
>  paul fox, pgf@foxharp.boston.ma.us (arlington, ma)
> 
> 
> 


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