Monday, November 29, 2021

Ideas for cheap console server?

Need at least 8 ports. 19" wide 12U rack. As light as possible, trying to keep it relatively portable.
It's for a small CCNA/JNCIA lab. Cleaner is better.

Some I've thought of;

Avocent Cyclades. Can be tough to find under $50 with rack ears
Repurpose a 2600 after picking up an NM-32A. 2600s are a bit too heavy for what I want. (I already have a working 2511 with cab-octal-async, but it's also on the heavy side and ancient).
Small computer with a pcie to 8x or 16x db9 adapter?

Anything I haven't thought of? Maybe something else that can be repurposed?



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