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Ency
Asked: 2010-11-30 12:57:09 +0800 CST

Serial terminal over ethernet

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Well, my idea is I would like to have access to grub over Ethernet/Internet, I've found two possible solutions:

  1. Converter RS232 to Ethernet (1) which looks like to have its own live, I mean it is independent on computer, than I should be able to connect to serial console and do what i want to do
  2. Use classic dial-up modem, than somehow convert it to Ethernet and than use it

Have you got any experiences with stuff like that? Any others suggestions? Or am I wrong? I've eliminated iLO because of price.

linux remote-access grub serial

2 Answers

  1. One nice option is to use serial over LAN. This requires support (IPMI) from motherboard, but many recent server motherboards have this feature nowadays.

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  2. Best Answer

    I use Moxa's serial to ethernet adapters to connect RS232 CNC machines to our network at the shop. You run client software (the Windows Nport software or the Linux TTY library) to get view the serial port on the remote machine.

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