[c-nsp] PC console/terminal server

[Kim Onnel]

yes, i thought these cables were cheap, but they're not
if u price of pc+usb hub+ usb 2 serial cables, u'd get a console server easy

On 12/16/05, Olivier Dauby <olivier.dauby at scarlet.be> wrote:
>
> Kim Onnel wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to roll the cheapest terminal server possible for my lab, one
> has
> > suggested that i put a PC with a USB hub that converts to serials and
> then
> > back to RJ, however i dont know if that will work and even so how do i
> > configure this on a windows or linux machine ? ideas ?
>
> I had to test Sitecom (www.sitecom.com) CN-116 Usb to Serial for our field
> engineers that have serialless laptops. These cables failed to work on Cisco
> 9600-8-N-1 consoles when running Windows (HyperTerminal) but were OK with
> Linux (Minicom).
>
> I'd clearly go for Linux in your case, since you can ssh the box without
> any problem.
>
> Each time you plug a Usb to Serial cable, you get a new port,
> /dev/ttyUSB0, /dev/ttyUSB1, etc.
>
> Then you configre minicom and generate separate config files (one for each
> ttyUSB port) by using '-s' option of minicom. You just have to configure
> very simple scripts, each script will launch minicom with the option to load
> a config file (one for each port).
>
> That should work, I guess...
>
> O.
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