[cctalk] Re: Connecting a physical terminal via LAN to Serial Port

Hi Ali! On Sat, 2022-07-30 22:23:04 -0700, Ali via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote: So there's two things. First, you need to get your devices connected somewhere (ie. servers, switches, whatever talks serial.) That can be done by anything with a number of serial ports (ie. using USB-serial adapters and some rfc2217 software. That will provide the "server" part so you could use telnet (or, even better, a rfc2217-aware terminal client) to connect to your serial console ports. Now there's the (physical) terminal you want to use. If you roll your own (USB-serial adapters), I *think* (never tried it) you'd be able to use `socat` to act as a TELNET/rfc2217 client on one side and relay that data to a serial port (where you can attach your glass terminal.) I don't know if rfc2217 is finally there in socat, but there were patches flying around (ie. http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/contrib/socat-rfc2217.html). MfG, JBG --