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Grant M. wrote: > If you are just looking for something to connect to the console port of > a machine, Avocent (www.avocent.com) makes some reasonably priced 2, 4, > 8, and 16 port serial hubs. They run from $200 - $600. Yeah, and they are poorly designed. If you run Windows, they work great. Under Linux, you will encounter random X/mouse/keyboard freezing. Also, unless you purchase the more expensive products, you will not be able to send certain sequences of keystrokes, like CTRL-ALT-BKSP or some others that I forget of the top of my head. The full software client only runs on Windows. They have a Java web interface, but it is really unpleasant to work with. A guy I work with, Dan Parella, has more experience with them because he works remotely much of the time. He really dislikes the Avocent products. You can sametime/email him if you want gory details. Is there some alternative to Avocent that people have found useful? Also, just a quick question, do any of them support sending sequences like STOP-A for Sun/Solaris? At least on the model I tested, this was not possible... -- Kristian Hermansen -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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