Situation: net4801 # 1: m0n0wall is programmed and ready to be tested but:
- serial interface is hosed. There is garbage coming out on the serial client (Hyperterminal) on almost all reasonable speeds: 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600, 115200, all with 8-N-1 and <none> handshakes, so data are coming in in some way. net4801 manual states: "The connected ANSI/VT100 terminal or terminal emulator should be set for 19200 baud, 8 databits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control." M0n0wall doc states: "On a Soekris box or WRAP board, make sure the console speed is set to 9600 bps in the BIOS (set ConSpeed=9600 for Soekris boxes)." None of the speeds work with clear characters - hit reset switch, power cycled, tried a few other parity settings. Expected: some kind of m0n0wall menu interface and BIOS prompt opportunity on boot/reboot. net4801 # 2: found a BIOS prompt on 115200 8-N-1 <none>. After reboot (power cycle) it was gone from there and found again on 57600. Then the command "set ConSpeed=9600" was entered, where it hung. After reboot (power cycle) there was no longer any data coming on the line - not even any garbage on any of the reasonable speeds mentioned above. Expected: BIOS prompt on reboot/powerup. Bios V. on # 2 is 1.2.4 20040312, probably the same on # 1. Any suggestion how to resolve this issue is highly appreciated. Maybe there is some kind of method like connecting two pins to reset the serial parameters. I would think that this is a support issue but I have not found a link on the soekris web site. Sam _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
