From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Aug 29 7:11:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from sco.COM (scol.london.sco.COM [150.126.1.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 84A1237B43E for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:11:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from severn.london.sco.COM(150.126.20.2), claiming to be "severn.sco.com" via SMTP by scol.london.sco.COM, id smtpdAAAa006hD; Tue Aug 29 15:02:06 2000 Received: from uradoos.london.sco.com by severn.sco.com with smtp id aa22171; Tue, 29 Aug 2000 15:01:11 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <39ABD0FB.726782C9@sco.com> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 16:04:27 +0100 From: Aris Stathakis X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Elbel Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Terminal Server recommendations? References: <20000829141457.A19228@consol.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Michael Elbel wrote: > > Getting tired of not knowing what our servers say on the console without > having to walk up to their room I am looking for a terminal server. > > Does anybody have a recommendation of what brands to look at? I simply need > to hang consoles off it - access via ssh would be optimal but telnet > probably is sufficient as well. > > I don't want to buy something that is more expensive than a slim line PC > with a multi serial card though. What I've come up so far with would cost > $2500 to $3000 for 16 ports which frankly is out of my reach. Have a look at the Chase IOLAN+ - http://www.chaser.com/ (or in your case http://www.chaser.de). Does what you want (except ssh) and alot more: http://www.chaser.co.uk/products/comserve/iolanpl.htm I don't know exact prices, but I do recall when I was using these that they were very competetive. Aris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message