From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 13 01:07:23 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 B8BB916A423 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:07:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from smarthost2.sentex.ca (smarthost2.sentex.ca [205.211.164.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5118043D46 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:07:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from BLUELAPIS.sentex.ca (cage.simianscience.com [64.7.134.1]) by smarthost2.sentex.ca (8.13.3/8.13.3) with SMTP id j7D17LQm040949; Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:07:22 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) From: Mike Tancsa To: Danny Howard Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 21:07:44 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20050812231421.GL13398@ratchet.nebcorp.com> In-Reply-To: <20050812231421.GL13398@ratchet.nebcorp.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.51 on 205.211.164.50 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multiport serial reccomendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:07:23 -0000 On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:14:22 -0700, in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: >Hello, > >I'm looking to build a nanny box to provide maintenance services to my >servers. One of these services ought to be serial console access. I've >currently got an old Cyclades box in service, but I'm curious to just >sport a multiport serial card and run conserver directly on the nanny >box. If you need more than 8, sometimes its cheaper to go with a surplus PM25. (See www.portmasters.com). We use quite a few lava cards, but only the 4 port variety. Other option that might work for you are USB cards. I have used ones based on the uftdi driver and they seem to work well in RELENG_5 and above. =20 Take a look at the PUC driver source code to see what is supported first. ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, Sentex communications http://www.sentex.net Providing Internet Access since 1994 mike@sentex.net, (http://www.tancsa.com)