[CUWiN-Dev] power+serial+ethernet over cat-5 ?

[David Young]

On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 02:03:14PM -0500, Haudy Kazemi wrote:
> At 02:01 AM 9/18/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> >It would be nice if we could run RS-232 Tx/Rx signals to our rooftop
> >nodes on the same Cat-5 cable we use for power and ethernet, and that
> >way get console access from inside the subscriber's building.  If we
> >already had this in place, it would let us "rescue" at least two nodes
> >without a climb.
> 
> There may be an easier solution for you...put the RS-232 signals over TCP/IP:
> http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/xport.html

That's really neat, but the whole serial kit costs at least $60.  I am
hoping for a solution costing about $10.

Dave

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