Re: How to "bridge" a serial connection over the Internet?

Digi sells an EtherLite box that we're proofing out for purposes of virtualizing (VMware) some modem-hanger servers.

Rob++

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Zonker" <consoleteam@gmail.com>
> To: zonker@conserver.com, users@conserver.com
> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 4:52:03 PM
> Subject: How to "bridge" a serial connection over the Internet?
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> This is a bit of an unusual connection style. Any ideas how to
> achieve it? I think I'm suffering tunnel vision, and I could use a
> few clues to help expand my vision.
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> At the remote site is a modem-like device. The remote site uses DHCP
> addressing, and NAT to get to the Internet, so I'm thinking that the
> remote site would use telnet-to-a-high-port to reach the server...
> likely a 1- or 2-port console server, triggering off the DTR to
> establish a connection to a known destination automatically.
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> local modem console server? (auto-telnet to IPaddr:port)
> `------RS-232 cable------'
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> At the IP address (the server), preferably a Linux machine, the TCP
> listener would present as a local TTY. No exec/login function. A
> local application would use the TTY port as though it was a
> locally-attached serial port or USB serial dongle.
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> Best regards,
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> -Z-
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