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On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Ward Vandewege wrote: > On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 03:28:00AM -0400, Richard Chonak 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. > > Has anyone got experience with opengear (http://opengear.com)? They seem to be > entirely free software - with the software necessary to build new firmware > available from > > http://www.opengearweb.org/ > > The 48 port device is competitively priced at ($1,500) imo; the 8 port device > is on the expensive side at $500... > > Thanks, > Ward. What is missing from all of these serial console devices is a reset button for the machines being controlled. How much hardware would it take to logically connect one of the many controllable RS-232 wires to the reset pins on the MB? Or interface the WOL cable on the ethernet card to those pins? Daniel Feenberg -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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