From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 1 18:12:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0988037B401 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 18:12:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 714B143F85 for ; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 18:12:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h521CKVm082853; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 18:12:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h521CHtQ082852; Sun, 1 Jun 2003 18:12:17 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 18:12:17 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" To: Will Andrews Message-ID: <20030602011217.GC82304@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20030526041513.GP81874@procyon.firepipe.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030526041513.GP81874@procyon.firepipe.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.1-BETA Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best serial console server construction method? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 01:12:30 -0000 On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 09:15:13PM -0700, Will Andrews wrote: > serial ports. How am I going to do that cheaply? Well, N-port > serial cards (where N is >= 4) cost a few hundred dollars from > everywhere I could see (granted, they're niche items and are > accordingly priced). I've eBay'ed both a Comtrol RocketPort PCI 8-port for $26 and a 16-port for $28. Non-Digi used devices can be had pretty cheaply. > two 4-port USB hubs and get 8 single-port serial adapters. So > far as I can tell, the total cost would be approximately: > > 8 x USB->RS232 DB9 Male @ $8/ea = $64 Where did you find these so cheap? They are $30-$40 at Fry's. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)