We're looking for a range of serial console servers to offer customers. I have used Raritan for 4 to 48 ports (customers are very happy with these) but they seem to lack the desktop range as they don't have any units with 1 or 2 ports and their 4 port unit is a rack unit and too costly for someone who needs one or two ports on their desk or in a remote office. As we have a requirement for SSH support, the selection of products gets very thin. Opengear is of course an(/the best) alternative, but at a very high cost and also only from 4 ports and up. I know about Lantronix EDS1100/2100 (verified SSH support) and their xDirect 232 (only says support for telnet, not SSH, but states "Security: 128/192/256-bit AES Encrypt" in the data sheet, weird). Moxa has their NPort 6100 series that supports SSH but cost too much (the 5100 series is OK in price and only lacks SSH; how much does an SSL implementation cost???). I have looked a ton of others too, but they're either too expensive or lack SSH support. Aten has a one port model called SN3101, but some sites say it's gone end of sale. I have no idea if it is a good product either.
I'd like to see a manufacturer with a complete line of products from 1-port to 32- or 48-port units that support SSH. Failing that, I can live with one vendor doing 1-4 port desktop units and another 4-48 port rack units. I also like to be able to use a login syntax like Raritan uses, where you specify your username and, optionally, the serial port that you wish to connect to:
ssh -l admin:1 192.168.51.101
or (if a port is named Router1):
ssh -l admin:Router1 192.168.51.101
Any suggestions?
/Fredrik
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