Other great remote access devices that can connect over the serial port are the Livingston PortMaster boxes. Those are suitable especially when you need to control multiple servers (some of the PM boxes have 24 serial ports or more). They can be purchased on eBay for less than $100
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Andre Courchesne <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bruce, I have seen people using a OpenWRT with a serial port. The serial > port connects to the server and you ssh to the OpenWRT the telnet to the > server. If you have serail redirection in the BIOS as well as in the kernel, > you have a pretty good IP KV (no M for Mouse) solution, And fairly > inexpensive one also. > --- > > Andre Courchesne - Consultant > > http://www.net-forces.com > > MSN: [email protected] > > Skype: VoipForces > > > > L'information contenue dans le présent document est la propriété de Andre > Courchesne. Et est divulguée en toute confidentialité. Cette information ne > doit pas être utilisée, divulguée à d'autres personnes ou reproduite sans le > consentement écrit explicite de Andre Courchesne. > > The information contained in this document is confidential and property of > Andre Courchesne. It shall not be used, disclosed to others or reproduced > without the express written consent of Andre Courchesne. > > > > > > On 2010-06-01, at 1:15 PM, Bruce N wrote: > >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> >> It's much easier to have a second NIC card and maybe KVM-over-IP to >> troubleshoot a client pbx when you are away from them. KVM-over-IP >> standalone solutions seem to be expensive and then some motherboards like >> the ones from SuperMicro support IPMI (apparently a technology similar to >> Kvm-over-IP). >> >> >> I am wondering if there is something simple and reasonably priced out there >> in form of a PCI(x) card that would give me the power to have the full >> control over a server with restart, installations, etc,,,,without the need >> to be on site. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Bruce >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Win $10,000 from Hotmail! Enter Here. >> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729708 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
