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 ...

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 device shown in Figure 17-1 is an RS-232–to–TTL converter board, designed to allow a PC with a serial (RS-232) port to communicate with a device that has a console (TTL) port. External converters ...

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 ...