On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Grant wrote:

> Thanks, that sounds like just what I need.  Any ideas on where to find
> out more about these?


You will probably find it more expensive to build a console server than to
buy one (unless you just need one serial port - in which case an old PC
with a serial cable should do it - you just need to configure a login on
the serial port of the other PC and use minicom on the "console server" to
connect).

Another option is to find a used one on Ebay. Last summer I picked up a
terminal server made by Digi (digi.com) very cheap. Cyclades
(cyclades.com) also make nice ones (expensive). Cyclades make
multi-port serial cards so you could build a console server (though it
works out more expensive to do so).


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