Date: Wed, 1 Oct 1997 20:40:35 -1000 From: richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Multiple serial ports Message-ID: <199710020640.UAA04547@pegasus.com> In-Reply-To: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com> "Re: Multiple serial ports" (Oct 2, 1:00am)
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} Actually, there are several vendors of terminal servers that will do } 4 to 16 serial ports in the <$1500 range (some much less than that!). } The downside is the number of control lines available, sometimes the } maximin port speed, and some of the "routing" type features. Check out } Lantronix, Equinox, Chase, Stallion, some of the cheaper DEC boxes, etc. } Quirky and slow. I've tested the Stallions and sent them back, and heard others doing the same with other cheap boxes. They may be able to run one port at a reasonable speed, say 9600 or 19200. More than that and they bog down and get jerky and slow. Just one printer connection and a single interactive telnet session at the same time becomes unbearable. And, do any of them have modem control? Richard
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