In message <EPEKIOIJMEHCGAPCLFPMCEDBCOAA.Scott.Burns@Netcontech.Com>, "Scott R.
 Burns" writes:
>I don't think I really need a lot of control of the tty settings
>sent to the other end.
>
>The devices on the other end are not actually modems, that
>was just my example. The devices will have a fixed set of
>serial settings set on the terminal servers serial port.
>All I really need is the stream of data sent down the ip pipe
>from the tty to the terminal server.
>
>We have done this numerous times using ip sockets directly
>on the application end, but this custom application cannot be
>modified and only talks to ttys. I thought this would be a good
>solution.
>
>Is this conceivably possible ?
>

Sure, by using ptys -- they already have full termios support...  As I 
(thought I) said in private mail, pkgsrc/misc/pty-redir is at least 
part of what you want, coupled with either telnet or netcat.

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