[geeks] Stuff I found/got at auction. What now?

[geeks at sunhelp.org]

Ken Hansen wrote:
> 
> I bought one of these terminal servers recently, but haven't had a chance to
> use it yet...
> 
> I had planned to use it to access a serial console port on a workstation,
> but I can't see how to do this in the manual... Though there was mention of
> "reverse telnet" in the manual... Anyone know how do this?
> 
> I will probably hang it off a VT420 to telnet into my various systems...


I do something similar with a Shiva LanRover/8E. I telnet to it, and the
eight modem ports are nulled into serial ports on other boxes. I can
grab a serial console on any of them, including the Cisco stuff.


---sambo