Peter Turnbull said:
>
> 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
Eh, you'd just need to write a shell script to see which ports are in use and
then call something like "minicom" with the right arguments to use the next
free port. Should be pretty easy.
> 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
- Dan Wright
(dtwright_at_uiuc.edu)
(
http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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Received on Wed Nov 13 2002 - 09:34:00 GMT