[188112] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lyndon Nerenberg)
Wed Mar 9 13:18:05 2016
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:17:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
To: Doug McIntyre <merlyn@geeks.org>
In-Reply-To: <20160309053642.GB2304@geeks.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
> I'd get something like a 1U ATOM server ($120 eBay) with small SSD
> ($18). Runup your favorite FOSS OS, and conserver. For more than the
> single real serialport, you can most likely fit a USB hub inside
> the case still, and hang a number of USB serial dongles off.
We use Raspberry Pi 2s with single- and 8-port USB serial dongles. Works
like a charm, especially with tmux installed.
--lyndon
