John Foust wrote:
You'd think there would be a relatively big market
for serial-to-Ethernet
"just works" bridges. You'd think it wouldn't be hard. Then again,
some
of the USB-to-serial adapters I've tried weren't foolproof.
There is, and they're called terminal servers or console servers,
depending on which way they're pointed. Digi, Xyplex, DEC, Livingston,
and umpty-eleven other companies have made them.
Doc Shipley