On Nov 12, 21:29, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Peter Turnbull wrote:
>
> > Although they're called "terminal servers", most -- including all the
ones
> > I've mentioned -- can be configured so you telnet in to them and make a
> > serial connection out to one of the serial ports, which looks to the
> > machine it's connected to as if a serial terminal has connected to it.
On
>
> This can also be done with a Linux box (a homebrew terminal server).
> Multi-port serial cards can be found for very reasonable prices.
>
> I'm sure there's a package that someone's already written to do this too.
There's something called Linux Terminal Server Poject (LTSP) but it's a
different sort of thing. It's to support thin client network machines, not
serial lines. You could certainly do the job with a Linux machine, even
for a dialup into the Linux machine to connect the caller to another serial
port, but it would require some programming. Terminal server hardware
designed to do the job would be easier and quicker to set up, and probably
cheaper to run.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 02:14:00 GMT