The Lantronix Spiders work well and aren't a "do-it-yourself" option:
http://www.lantronix.com/products/lantronix-spider/ Andrew Andrew Fried andrew.fr...@gmail.com On 3/8/16 10:30 AM, greg whynott wrote: > Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18 remote > routers and firewalls. None of these have a console port for 'out of > band' access accessible today. > > Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or a > backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to > Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself > out. The requirement would be an Ethernet port, a serial port, and SSH. > > > Anyone have any recommendations on something like this? > > thanks much, > greg >