Guys n gals,

I'm looking for a single box solution here, we have one system on an unmanned site. Now I've located something on BlackBox.co.uk that may do the job, but just wondered what other options there are.

I think the CISCO kit has a minimum of 8 ports, which is overkill and likely to be lots of £££s

I need to get remote console access set up for an E250.

Cheers, Alex

This is what I found on BlackBox.co.uk - anyone used one?

10/100 Serial Server
Control a single serial device over your 10/100 LAN.

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• Provides affordable serial-to-Ethernet conversion in a mixed Ethernet and Fast Ethernet environment.
• Serial interface speeds up to 230.4 kbps!
•Supports IPX, LAT and TCP/IP protocols.
• Manage via Telnet, console, Rlogin, SNMP or a Web-based utility.
• Provides modem controls to a serial connection.
• Redirector software enables network PCs to access the server’s serial port.

Used an Annex in my last place for the same thing, don't know how much it was but it looked and felt pretty damn cheap :) 14 ports IIRC. Only thing was to remember to disable keyboard break, so the thing didn't do a stop-a if you sent a reset ;)

Annex = not cheap

You can get ?RCA? cards which plug into the 250 and enable you to always access the machine via the network. Even at OBP :)