Jerry Geis wrote: > Hi all, > > Is there a method in centos > where a program can be started that listens on a given IP port > and when something connects it will transfer data from the RS232 port > to the IP port. reads and writes of course. > > Trying not to reinvent the wheel if I dont have to... Something like this approach should work: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/TrinityOS/cHTML/TrinityOS-c-55.html#ss55.2 You could probably do something more complicated with kermit instead of cu. If you need some kind of initialization as the connection starts, kermit could do it with a script. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com