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From: Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner <jdw@panix.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Serial console to RHEL6 on Dell R310?
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:35:11 +0000 (UTC)
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Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> wrote:
> The switch serial port is configured as a DCE (modem), and the
> computer serial port is configured as a DTE, and I guess that your
> cable is a straight cable.

> You need a null-modem cable.

	You know, I bet that that's it...it's been a long time since I had
to think about serial communications!  I'll try and get my hands on a
null-modem cable and see if that does it.  Thanks for the advice -



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