13 Nov
2002
13 Nov
'02
9:34 a.m.
Peter Turnbull said:
There's something called Linux Terminal Server Poject (LTSP) but it's a
different sort of thing. It's to support thin client network machines, not
serial lines. You could certainly do the job with a Linux machine, even
for a dialup into the Linux machine to connect the caller to another serial
port, but it would require some programming. Terminal server hardware
Eh, you'd just need to write a shell script to see which ports are in use and
then call something like "minicom" with the right arguments to use the next
free port. Should be pretty easy.
designed to do the job would be easier and quicker to
set up, and probably
cheaper to run.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
- Dan Wright
(dtwright(a)uiuc.edu)
(http://www.uiuc.edu/~dtwright)
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