From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jan  3 11:38:54 2008
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92BC616A417
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu,  3 Jan 2008 11:38:54 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from brown_philip@btinternet.com)
Received: from web86514.mail.ird.yahoo.com (web86514.mail.ird.yahoo.com
	[217.146.189.166])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F278813C457
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Thu,  3 Jan 2008 11:38:53 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from brown_philip@btinternet.com)
Received: (qmail 68165 invoked by uid 60001); 3 Jan 2008 11:38:52 -0000
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=btinternet.com;
	h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID;
	b=PnkFnyHiinYeHZD4xd5ZosUFPDQgbDyihwJ0UBQtpyjxAjLyH2fNoyq/wK2GP9KTp3leR29PbARDbfEptktiPjQdO+FiFFO0ursUHD3loZgWpgJYzAZb/WYOEWIuCq6KBqtEdXm9YyGJgvjIV7v2wP1s4PzbkdBx80Vh9o+nJCo=;
X-YMail-OSG: QWYf9lsVM1ky.x.IP0s3e8X6r3Td_uroRouY4yLgM96TLIfl
Received: from [86.136.101.183] by web86514.mail.ird.yahoo.com via HTTP;
	Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:38:51 GMT
X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/818.31 YahooMailWebService/0.7.158.1
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 11:38:51 +0000 (GMT)
From: Philip Brown <brown_philip@btinternet.com>
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-ID: <601062.68152.qm@web86514.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5
Subject: console server using a modern 1U box
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:38:54 -0000

have a look at xyplex 1600 console server, which is a standalone comm serve=
r accesed via a network.=0Ayou can the also run comserv on your bsd box whi=
ch will the connect the 16 ports of the console server as directly connecte=
d serial ports giving you the use of ports as device files & tip etc. =0A=
=0Aif i remember correctly I also used comserv with lantronix/perl console =
server as well.=0A=0Acomserv is in /usr/ports/comms/comserv