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Subject: Re: Device needed to manage several FreeBSD servers
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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.