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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I use a cheap Mikrotik with a usb hub containing 3/4G(For when everything has turned to custard) and as many usb to RS232 adapters as required (I know there aren’t too many on the HCL but the really cheap ebay
ones work surprisingly well!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Also provides us wifi when in the datacentre (Obviously we only turn on the wifi when we are in the DC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">As long as you have commented/documented which usb number is terminal for which device it works quite well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> AusNOG
[mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Raymond, Adam<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 17 March 2014 10:53 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Terminal Servers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> At my place of work we have a number of sites that still use terminal servers for last ditch access to routers and switches. These terminal servers are getting pretty old and they are fairly hard to support. We want to keep
terminal servers in the network, so I am looking at replacing them. Does anyone have any suggestions on a good vendor for terminal servers or what sort of solution fills a similar niche?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> As an aside, are terminal servers in widespread use still? Do people see them as still valid. I believe they are, mostly as they allow you the ability to watch a device reboot and give you remote access to a device independent
of any configuration on the device, something an ethernet management port cannot do. What do other people think?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Adam Raymond<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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