An earlier RS-232 cable used to connect two computers in close proximity for file transfer. In style before the USB interface came out, a null modem cable attached to the serial ports of both machines ...

Some serial devices require what's called a null modem cable that makes each device think it is connected to a modem rather than to a computer or a serial device. The simplest null modem cable (a) ...

I have an old 486 laptop I'd like to use as a terminal for my webserver (running Linux). I don't mind reformatting the laptop and installing Linux. It currently has OpenBSD 2.8 installed.<BR><BR>The ...

Hi,<P>I am trying to establish a PPP connection between two RedHat 7.0 boxes over a Null Modem serial cable. My kernel version is 2.4.5, and I'm using pppd v2.4.1. My /dev directory contains the ppp ...

The classic serial null-modem cable was, among other things, used to connect two computers together for communications and file transfer. Largely eliminated in daily use by the advent of home ...