> At least that's how I would configure things Yeah that's basically it. You can often assign aliases so that e.g. `CONNECT RAID` executes a Telnet to a specific IP/DNS name, and many support setting up a default or automatic connection so that as soon as the terminal autobauds it just connects to whatever the default is.
All of this will require device-specific commands, but they're all similar and at this point basically support the same feature sets. Devices like the Lantronix UDS series also allow you to add a virtual COM port to your OS, so that you see /dev/ttyXX in *NIX (COMx in Windows) and when you connect to it, you're really going out over Ethernet to the serial device. Thanks, Jonathan