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

Reply via email to