Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-04 Thread Mykola Dzham
Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > What are the options? Should we go the USB->RS232 way or are > there PCI Express or PCI-X multiport cards supported by FreeBSD? > This is a telecom-ish environment, so ease of rackmounting is a > plus (consumer USB stuff is thus a PITA for us). > > Any comment will be a

Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Brian
Fred C wrote: Do you know where I can find more information about comserv. In the port directory the pkg-descr file point to http://www.bsdhome.com/comserv/ which return a 404 error and the website is about bats homes. -fred- On Jan 3, 2008, at 3:38 AM, Philip Brown wrote: have a look at

Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Fred C
Do you know where I can find more information about comserv. In the port directory the pkg-descr file point to http://www.bsdhome.com/comserv/ which return a 404 error and the website is about bats homes. -fred- On Jan 3, 2008, at 3:38 AM, Philip Brown wrote: have a look at xyplex 1600 c

Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Daniel Ponticello
Hello Andrew, i know PCI Express Moxa cards are supported on freebsd (they provide proprietary drivers): http://www.moxa.com/product/CP-104EL.htm Anyway, i'm only using the ethernet to RS232 devices from Moxa, and they work pretty well. Cheers, Daniel Andrew Pantyukhin ha scritto: What a

Re: console server using a modern 1U box

2008-01-03 Thread Jacques Marneweck
Hi, Take a look at the Lantronix console servers. Regards --jm On 03 Jan 2008, at 11:08 AM, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: What are the options? Should we go the USB->RS232 way or are there PCI Express or PCI-X multiport cards supported by FreeBSD? This is a telecom-ish environment, so ease of rack