<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Alan<div><br></div><div>There are maybe too many options out there. The used Cyclades are the lowest cost entry point. An ideal solution might be <a href="https://freetserv.github.io/">https://freetserv.github.io/</a> but some assembly required. I have Lantronix OOB solutions in my lab. Most modern servers come with some SOL options so I will assume this is for networking equipment. The modern HTML5 interfaces are great and really do drop all the legacy Java requirements.</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 8:38 AM Alan Hannan <<a href="mailto:alan@routingloop.com">alan@routingloop.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I'd like your input on suggestions for an alternate serial port manager.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Long ago I used Cisco 2511/2611 and was fairly happy. A little later I used portmaster and was less so. Recently I've been using Opengear and they work fairly well but the price is fairly high. I use the CM7100 and IM7100.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">General specs I'm looking for are:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> * 8 to 48 or more rs232 serial ports on rj45</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> * nice-to-have software selectable pinouts (cisco v. straight)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> * gig-e ethernet port (100mbps ok)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> * 1U form factor</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> * redundant AC power</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> * access physical serial connections via local port #</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"> * access physical serial connections via local IP alias (nice to have)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Can you recommend a serial port server/concentrator that I could use in place of opengear for a better value and/or lower cost?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">I'm just ignorant about the current market for serial port concentrators and so far web searches have not revealed ideas, so your input is appreciated!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">Thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif">-alan</div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">- Andrew "lathama" Latham -</div></div>