Re: Looking For Terminal Server That Can Give Each Serial Port a Unique IP

From: Patrick Kelly (nospamminggitspaidsergrey_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 20:44:29 -0000

"CHANGE USERNAME TO westes" <DELETE_westes@earthbroadcast.com> wrote in
message news:RNydnfysJP88TWyiRVn-jg@giganews.com...
> I am looking for a terminal server product that can map each serial port
on
> the terminal server to a unique IP address. My application for this is
> management of several network devices through a GUI tool that expects to
> connect directly via telnet or a serial port to the device. The
> management software has no programmatic capability, so I have no way to
> negotiate my way through a terminal server's selection menu. What I
need
> instead is the ability to configure the management tool with a unique IP
> address that will connect directly to the text stream of the device via
> telnet, thereby faking out the software into thinking it has a network
> connection to the device when it fact it has a serial connection.
>
> There are situations where I cannot connect directly to the network port
on
> the device (such as when I'm configuring the network port or upgrading the
> firmware on the network management card). Therefore I have no choice but
> to go in by serial port.
>
> I would greatly appreciate referrals to terminal server products that have
> the capability I am describing.
>

Can you specify a port number as well as an IP address, e.g. 192.168.3.45
Port 2001 or do you need individual IP addresses?