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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>+1 for that USB adapter.. something that actually plug and play.. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Samad<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 15 February 2017 1:20 PM<br><b>To:</b> Ausnog <ausnog@lists.ausnog.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] ethernet to serial<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Something like this<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.serialgear.com/4-Port-Serial-USB-USBG-4X2FTDI.html">https://www.serialgear.com/4-Port-Serial-USB-USBG-4X2FTDI.html</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 15 February 2017 at 16:12, Alex Samad <<a href="mailto:alex@samad.com.au" target="_blank">alex@samad.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for the extra info.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The thought of building your own.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I have just added some phy servers to my DC- everything else is Vitual.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I could add a USB to multi serial dongle to these and use them as terminal server. The OS is centos.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Any one tried that ?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Alex<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 14 February 2017 at 18:09, Nathan Brookfield <<a href="mailto:Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au" target="_blank">Nathan.Brookfield@simtronic.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><div id="m_-2346511475720766423m_-781245998129790788divtagdefaultwrapper"><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>That sounds very unusual Peter, I've literally used hundreds of them in all shapes and sizes and never run into an issue like this, it's just talking straight RS232....<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="m_-2346511475720766423m_-781245998129790788Signature"><div id="m_-2346511475720766423m_-781245998129790788divtagdefaultwrapper"><p class=m-2346511475720766423m-781245998129790788xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Kindest Regards,</span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=m-2346511475720766423m-781245998129790788xmsonormal style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#365F91'>Nathan Brookfield (VK2NAB)</span><span style='color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></span></div><div id="m_-2346511475720766423m_-781245998129790788x_divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> AusNOG <<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>> on behalf of Peter Tiggerdine <<a href="mailto:ptiggerdine@gmail.com" target="_blank">ptiggerdine@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 14 February 2017 6:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jonathan Brewer<br><b>Cc:</b> Ausnog<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] ethernet to serial</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Some Nports have compatibility problems with Cisco switches.<br>Regards,<br><br>Peter Tiggerdine<br><br>GPG Fingerprint: 2A3F EA19 F6C2 93C1 411D 5AB2 D5A8 E8A8 0E74 6127<br><br><br>On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Jonathan Brewer <<a href="mailto:jon.brewer@gmail.com" target="_blank">jon.brewer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> On 14 February 2017 at 14:06, Phill Groom <<a href="mailto:pgroom@gmail.com" target="_blank">pgroom@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> <a href="http://www.moxa.com/product/Terminal_Servers.htm" target="_blank">http://www.moxa.com/product/Terminal_Servers.htm</a><br>>><br>><br>> I've had some Moxa nPort devices in use for ten years now in challenging<br>> environments and never hesitate to recommend them.<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> AusNOG mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>> <a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>AusNOG mailing list<br><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net" target="_blank">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog" target="_blank">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>