From: Marco Greene (mgreene@aci.on.ca)
Date: Wed May 01 2002 - 08:51:16 EDT
Only really got once response....
Here it is....I have decided to go ahead and order it...I will let you
know if anything doesn't work as advertised.
>
> I am looking at purchasing one of these puppies to handle my Sun
> servers. One thing that concerns me a bit though is the fact
> that they
> are not too clear on which cable I need.
>
> I have a mixture of E4500's, E3000, E420R, E250s.
>
> So this posting is really for three questions:
>
> 1) Has anyone had any good (or bad) experiences with this terminal
> server.
I have one working fine here. I have no issues with it.
>
> 2) Which cable do I need to have made up as I need longer cables then
> Digi provides.
I'm using custom made 8 pin cables ( with altpin enabled in the
configuration)
for DB25 machine (most sun servers)
http://support.digi.com/support/techsupport/common/cables/async/PC_term_
rj45
-8pin-altpin--db25f.htm
for Netra:
http://support.digi.com/support/techsupport/common/cables/async/rj45-8pi
n-al
tpin--cisco-rj45-8pin.htm
>
> 3) I used to work with the Annex terminal server and for
> that I didn't
> have to do any special setup at the server end. Just configure the
> ports on the Annex and plug it into the serial port on the server.
> Since there was no monitor/keyboard attached, the server defaulted to
> TTYa...and all I had to do was telnet to a specific port and
> voila....a
be aware that PS II doesn't have port buffering like annex have ( to
show
you a couple of line before you connected)
the portserver TS with latest firmware should have that ( as promised by
digi) + SSH server
Digi says they have no plan to add that features to ths PS II
> console. What is this realport driver all about with the
> digi product?
never had to use it.
> I would assume they work pretty close to the same.
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