On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 14:04, Paul Rimmer wrote: > Hi, > > I want to be able to connect to 4 embedded serial devices through their > serial port consoles. Ideally I'd like to be able to access them from > anywhere over my LAN. > have used Xyplex terminal servers in the past > is there a linux solution to this problem that won't cost mucho $? > I have an old Pentium 233 with a 100 BaseT Ethernet card. I could > purchase a 4 port serial card quite cheaply.
Paul, this shouldn't be too hard to set up with Red Hat or any other distro you care to use. You need to install the base system only; skip the X stuff. You will also need to install minicom, which emulates an old-fashioned serial terminal. I would disable telnetd and use sshd instead; it's far more secure. There are versions of ssh for almost any O/S out there, including Windows. If you want to, you can set up a user with "minicom" as their shell; when they sign in, they get minicom. -- David Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Little Bald Consulting, LLC ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
