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Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)
From: Doug McIntyre <merlyn () geeks org>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 23:36:42 -0600
On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 10:45:30AM -0900, Royce Williams wrote:
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Hugo Slabbert <hugo () slabnet com> wrote:I'm surprised no one's mentioned freetserv[1] yet. I haven't used them so don't consider this an endorsement, but on the surface it looks to be a good balance of "open / DIY" and "supportable".
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This is great! A mainstream, patchable OS -- not locked into a half-baked OS or roll-your-own-TCP-stack hell I've seen in some remote serial and power devices.
.. Yes, instead of a hacked together hardwareboard, or appliance with firmware that never gets updated stuck in SSH v1 days (old Cisco?).. Freetserv looks interesting, but very costly once you add up the BOM. I'd get something like a 1U ATOM server ($120 eBay) with small SSD ($18). Runup your favorite FOSS OS, and conserver. For more than the single real serialport, you can most likely fit a USB hub inside the case still, and hang a number of USB serial dongles off. Rackmountable, maintainable, and conserver works great.
Current thread:
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial), (continued)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Christopher Morrow (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Mel Beckman (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Mark Mahle (Mar 12)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Mel Beckman (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Josh Luthman (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Graham Beneke (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Gavin Henry (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Hugo Slabbert (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Royce Williams (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Christopher Morrow (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Doug McIntyre (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Saku Ytti (Mar 09)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Lyndon Nerenberg (Mar 09)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Owen DeLong (Mar 09)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Michael Wayne (Mar 12)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Graham Beneke (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Joe Maimon (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) Stephen Satchell (Mar 08)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) bzs (Mar 09)
- Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial) joel jaeggli (Mar 08)