From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 18 01:16:57 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC4C16A41F for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:16:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fun@thingy.apana.org.au) Received: from heisenberg.zen.co.uk (heisenberg.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.141]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7571343D58 for ; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:16:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from fun@thingy.apana.org.au) Received: from [82.71.1.109] (helo=[10.0.1.166]) by heisenberg.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1EnnAU-0005Tq-4x; Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:16:54 +0000 Message-ID: <43A4B87F.60708@thingy.apana.org.au> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:16:47 +0000 From: David Gerard User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20051013) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: RW , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200512180015.50574.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> In-Reply-To: <200512180015.50574.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Originating-Heisenberg-IP: [82.71.1.109] Cc: Subject: Re: Device needed to manage several FreeBSD servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 01:16:57 -0000 RW wrote: > On Saturday 17 December 2005 23:11, patrick wrote: >>I have a bunch of FreeBSD servers to manage, and I'm wanting to find a >>device that lets you SSH/telnet in, and access the servers connected >>to it via serial cables. I know such a device exists, but it was a >>long time ago since I last saw one, and I'm not really sure what one >>of these would be called. Has anyone had any experience with such a >>device? > I've heard them called Terminal Servers, but that name is also used in the > sense of Windows Terminal Server. "Console server", specifically "remote serial console servers." You can make one yourself with a PC and a bunch of serial cards very easily (using conserver(8)) - or (a better idea in a commercial setting) buy them as a supported piece of hardware. It doesn't matter for FreeBSD on a PC, but if you're running Suns then important matters include not sending BREAKs down the line at inopportune moments. I asked about this on my LiveJournal and got quite informative responses: http://www.livejournal.com/users/reddragdiva/241324.html - d.