Unnamed Administration sources reported that Phil Barrett said: > > The way it works is you plug your serial device into the hub and then > install a driver on the PC you want to use. Win 9x and NT flavors plus > Linux are supported by Comtrol. Equinox supports a slightly smaller set. > The driver creates a Comm Port on your PC for each on the hub. You then > point your application to the comm port that the device you want to use is > plugged into and access it just like it was plugged into the PC. Pretty > easy. > > If you are good at writing software, you could probably build your own with > a cheap linux box and a multiport I/O card. not worth my effort though.
The advantage to the Linux box is you can ssh into it. I've yet to see a hardware appliance that offers such; and it's IMHO insane to hang anything telnet-able on the 'Net.... -- A host is a host from coast to [EMAIL PROTECTED] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 _________________________________________________________________ KX-T Mailing list --- http://kxthelp.com/ Subscription changes: http://kxthelp.com/mailman/listinfo/kxt
