anyone have a terminal server?

A somewhat belated reply to this thread, as I read the list irregularly... DECserver series: Some models are LAT only (such as 100, 200, 90), some also talk TCP/IP. Note there is also a TCP capable version of the 90 called the 90TL. I believe there's an open source LAT daemon now. The 90 is a compact 8 port module that plugs into the DEChub-90 or DEChub-1. Some of these will need a MOP server to boot. Any of these should be OK to attach terminals to. IIRC, I wasn't able to associate DECserver-100 ports with services for attaching it to a console port ("reverse LAT"), only some models support that. DS550 is a big box with a PDP inside, 90 and 900 are little, 100/200/300 are in between. Lantronix: ETS series terminal servers are compact boxes with varying numbers of ports, with a DECserver-like interface. They can be used as terminal servers as well as console servers. EPS series devices are intended as print servers -- IIRC you can use as console servers, but not as terminal servers, because the commands for outgoing connections are gone. There's also the LRS series, which were intended as small RAS boxes, but will also be OK as console or terminal servers -- but the LRS2 hardware seems to have problems. The LRS1 is OK. They also have a few other product lines such as MPS. Many of their products talk both TCP and LAT, some of them are TCP-only unless you purchase a LAT license. Some of them can be used as TCP/LAT gateways. Shiva LanRover: Intended as a RAS, can also be used as a console server. 1U rackmount box with up to 8 ports. Probably not useful as a terminal server, unless you have a machine that can talk the Shiva Hose protocol and take over the ports. (It's been a while but I don't believe it wanted to give a login prompt to an attached device that doesn't act like a modem.) They also made an OEM version for IBM. TCP. Xylogics Annex: A few different products, usable as console or terminal servers. Annex 3 squeezes dozens of ports onto one box, with Centronics connectors. Livingston Portmaster: This series was popular with ISPs as a RAS, can also be used as a terminal or console server IIRC. TCP. Bridge Communications CS/100, 3Com CS/2100: Not sure what exactly these will do, but without the boot floppy or TFTP image, they won't do much useful! The software was available in several versions including one that only talked OSI. A dozen or so ports. Xyplex, Emulex, others: Various DECserver workalikes. LAN Access LANAserver: Dunno much about this except it was available with 4 and maybe 8 ports, it's 1U and it has an LCD on the front. Company was sold to Digi in '95, they sold the product to NNTI, NNTI went out of business. I think Digi might have also had their own product. Cyclades: They make some sort of nifty little box with L*n*x inside, I think it's intended as a console server. Cisco: They made a box with a bunch of serial ports, I think it was intended as a RAS but could be used as a console server and maybe a terminal server. Hmm, I know I'm forgetting something here... -- Adam