On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 2:34 AM Tom Smyth <tom.sm...@wirelessconnect.eu> wrote: > > Hello LÉVAI Dániel, > If I understand you correctly you want a serial server > > you could use something like a PCengines apuc2. running OpenBSD > that would work ok, as a serial console box thjat would liekly set you > back about 150 euro ... which is good value considering what you get >
Heck, even the outmoded ALIX1 will do this job. And it has more than one port, plus PCI expansion to add more serial ports. Some vendors sell cases with a PCI slot, but it's mini ITX so you could even put it in a standard PC case if you have one laying around. US$59.50 + shipping for a board and I/O bracket (unless you're in the EU and can't order directly) and you're laughing. SSH for a serial server, plus there's still plenty of capacity in its 500MHz Geode for other things - I use mine for booting remote installers and DBAN, and it barely breaks a sweat. > or if security is not a big deal for you mikrotik does have a pretty flexible > suite of options for a serial -->TCPIP (serial server)/ virtual serial ports) > and you can get a solution for sub 100 euro ... for that soemthing > like an rb450G or RB411 would do... > > Hope this helps > > On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 at 17:16, Joseph Mayer <joseph.ma...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > > > Daniel, > > > > Ethernet to serial is normally done using ppp [1]. > > > > Why add unneeded hardware. > > > > Do you have RJ45 or RS232 on the OpenBSD machine already? > > > > Joseph > > > > [1] http://man.openbsd.org/ppp > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 12:04 AM, LÉVAI Dániel <l...@ecentrum.hu> wrote: > > > > > Hi misc@! > > > > > > I was wondering if I could use some budget solution to access my OpenBSD > > > machine via its serial console over the network, and I stumbled upon > > > this piece of hardware: [1] [2] [3] (the same device "USR-TCP232-302", > > > I'm just not sure which one will be up at the time someone looks at > > > them) > > > > > > It basically should be able convert the serial port to TCP/IP > > > networking. Is this something anyone else has used before -- or if you > > > know something similar, I'm really interested! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Dani > > > > > > [1] - > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Q18041-USR-TCP232-302-Tiny-Size-Serial-RS232-to-Ethernet-TCP-IP-Server-Module-Ethernet-Converter/32683105763.html > > > [2] - > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/USR-TCP232-302-Tiny-Size-Serial-RS232-to-Ethernet-TCP-IP-Server-Module-Ethernet-Converter-Support/32899179930.html > > > [3] - > > > https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Q18041-USR-TCP232-302-Tiny-Size-Serial-RS232-to-Ethernet-TCP-IP-Server-Module-Ethernet-Converter/32685599659.html > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > LÉVAI Dániel > > > PGP key ID = 0x83B63A8F > > > Key fingerprint = DBEC C66B A47A DFA2 792D 650C C69B BE4C 83B6 3A8F > > > > > > > -- > Kindest regards, > Tom Smyth > > The information contained in this E-mail is intended only for the > confidential use of the named recipient. If the reader of this message > is not the intended recipient or the person responsible for > delivering it to the recipient, you are hereby notified that you have > received this communication in error and that any review, > dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. > If you have received this in error, please notify the sender > immediately by telephone at the number above and erase the message > You are requested to carry out your own virus check before > opening any attachment. > -- Aaron Mason - Programmer, open source addict I've taken my software vows - for beta or for worse
