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> 
>   As a side note, Portmaster 2's work really well for this.  A lot of ISPs
> have surplus PM2s.  I'm using one right now for a console server to
> several FreeBSD servers, and some Cisco gear.

 Ditto that for Cisco terminal servers. They are good at this.