Re: RS-232 serial to ethernet

2019-04-10 Thread LÉVAI Dániel
Thank you everyone so much for the information! There are now some interesting alternatives for me to look at! Cheers, Dani LÉVAI Dániel @ 2019-04-08T18:04:37 +0200: > Hi misc@! > > I was wondering if I could use some budget solution to access my OpenBSD > machine via its serial console over

Re: RS-232 serial to ethernet

2019-04-09 Thread Darren Tucker
On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 at 02:14, LÉVAI Dániel wrote: > [...] > It basically should be able convert the serial port to TCP/IP > networking. Is this something anyone else has used before -- or if you > know something similar, I'm really interested! > I use a gl.inet GL-AR150 (US$24 on dx.com) running

Re: RS-232 serial to ethernet

2019-04-08 Thread Jon Tabor
I have one of these, but I really only use it to connect the old VIC-20 to BBS systems. It works alright, but it's a bit funky in it's implementation.  As others have said, it's completely plaintext; everything is sent in the clear.   You'd be telnetting (not ssh) into it. How much do you trust

Re: RS-232 serial to ethernet

2019-04-08 Thread Aaron Mason
On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:34 AM Tom Smyth wrote: > > Hello LÉVAI Dániel, > If I understand you correctly you want a serial server > > you could use something like a PCengines apuc2. running OpenBSD > that would work ok, as a serial console box thjat would liekly set you > back about 150 euro ...

Re: RS-232 serial to ethernet

2019-04-08 Thread Tom Smyth
Hello LÉVAI Dániel, If I understand you correctly you want a serial server you could use something like a PCengines apuc2. running OpenBSD that would work ok, as a serial console box thjat would liekly set you back about 150 euro ... which is good value considering what you get or if security

Re: RS-232 serial to ethernet

2019-04-08 Thread Daniel Gracia
I have a somewhat similar device and works without issues. However, it has a serious backdraw: it provides no way of securing the comms channel: any TCP/UDP is open text. Should you need to use such a device in the wild, take that into account. Regards! El lun., 8 abr. 2019 a las 18:07, LÉVAI

Re: RS-232 serial to ethernet

2019-04-08 Thread Joseph Mayer
Daniel, Ethernet to serial is normally done using ppp [1]. Why add unneeded hardware. Do you have RJ45 or RS232 on the OpenBSD machine already? Joseph [1] http://man.openbsd.org/ppp ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:04 AM, LÉVAI Dániel wrote: > Hi misc@! > > I

RS-232 serial to ethernet

2019-04-08 Thread LÉVAI Dániel
Hi misc@! I was wondering if I could use some budget solution to access my OpenBSD machine via its serial console over the network, and I stumbled upon this piece of hardware: [1] [2] [3] (the same device "USR-TCP232-302", I'm just not sure which one will be up at the time someone looks at them)