rjj@batcomputer.UUCP (06/10/87)
I am looking for information on terminal servers and/or terminal concentrators that would allow us to centralize ( i.e. in grad student offices ) , rs232 terminals within a building, without stringing lots of cable. We have numerous Suns scattered thorought the building via DELNI extended ethernets. A couple of years ago I looked into a TELNET based terminal server that would give all terminals hooked to it a telnet interface to the net. This would work in our case but I would also be interested in hearing about other solutions. We have ethernet and ProNet available and we can't string too many extra wires as the walls of the old building are about 2 feet thick. Thanks... Rich Jaenson rjj@mathvax.msi.cornell.edu Cornell University Math Department Ithaca, New York 14853 (607) 255 8664
frankh@durin.sparta.COM (Frank Halsema) (05/05/89)
We are going to install a set on terminal servers on our LAN. I would like to find 16 port units with rj11-six wire connections. If not rj11 they must be rs232. Can any one recommend a good unit. Thanks Frank Halsema SPARTA, Inc. (714) 768-8161 durin!frankh
kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England)) (05/09/89)
In article <1215@durin.sparta.COM> frankh@durin.sparta.COM (Frank Halsema) writes: >We are going to install a set on terminal servers on our LAN. I would like to >find 16 port units with rj11-six wire connections. If not rj11 they must be >rs232. Can any one recommend a good unit. > What if you bought a terminal server with a 50 pin telco connector and then had a fan-out to RJ-11 made up custom for you, so you could map the 232 signals to your own standard pin-out? Then you could also have a DB25 fanout made, if you ever needed one. If you ever wanted to install your terminal server in a closet on a regular twisted pair patch panel, why, you could even do that. In short, telco connectors are quite flexible. You are going to have to remap 232 signals anyway, so why not do it in the fanout instead of in the patch cord? Just my opinion.