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How do I test that two connected serial ports really transmit data?

I have a device with two serial ports which I connected together, and I SSH into it. I would like to send data via one of the serial ports and read it from the other, to see that they do ...
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Redirect linux serial console

I want to redirect my serial port while telnet session in linux. I have an embedded Linux box which is has a serial console. After I do a telnet to the box, I can type in both the serial console as ...
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New to using serial console and trying to log into embedded system

I have two PC Engines Alix 2d2 which I've been given and I'm trying to install an (BSD or Linux based) OS on. Currently one has a version of openWRT (the other had openWRT until I formatted the CF ...
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Buffer overrun on Fedora 16 serial

I got a brain smashing problem with Fedora 16 and my serial port. I use the serial to monitor an STB on which I'm developping. The STB runs on Linux and when booted, I launch the program I'm working ...
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how to re-enable input on a serial console

I have an old router which runs Linux and I'd like to have a serial console on. This used to work fine, but after a firmware update, I can now only get output on the console and cannot give any input ...
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How to connect to a serial port as simple as using SSH?

Is there a way to connect to a serial terminal just as you would do with SSH? There must be a simpler way than tools such as Minicom, like this $ serial /dev/ttyS0 I know I can cat the output ...