On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 12:04:45PM -0600, 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. > > I have used Xyplex terminal servers in the past that have 20 serial ports > and let you access them via telnet independently. > > I am wondering is there a linux solution to this problem taht won't cost > me mucho $ as the Xyplexes do? I have an old Pentium 233 laying around > with a 100 BaseT Ethernet card. I also could purchase a 4 port serial > card quite cheaply. > > Is there a linux distro or app that could let me do this with this kind of > hardware? I couldn't tell if ltsp provides this. Many apologies if it > does.
Perhaps: serial device -> Serial-USB adapter->USB-HUB-> USB-LAN adapter USB<=>serial adapters http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x356.html USB<=>LAN adapters http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=479 http://www.usbfirewire.com/unetwork.html hubs: http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_gen.php?form_keyword=usb+hub&topcat_id=1&mode=googlecp In aggregate, perhaps not cheap. -- Jeff Kinz, Open-PC, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is copyright 2003. Use is restricted. Any use is an acceptance of the offer at http://www.kinz.org/policy.html. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&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
