[CentOS] Mgetty for out of band management - which modem?

gjgowey at tmo.blackberry.net gjgowey at tmo.blackberry.net
Tue Jun 5 03:02:16 UTC 2007


The externals shouldn't have a problem as they're 100% hardware based.  I'm staring at one on cdw for $99.

Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick <list at everywhereinternet.com>

Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:33:01 
To:CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Mgetty for out of band management - which modem?


gjgowey at tmo.blackberry.net wrote:
> Why not just go with a USB to serial converter and a good ol' US robotics external modem?
>
> Geoff
> Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nick <list at everywhereinternet.com>
>
> Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:01:39
> To:centos at centos.org
> Subject: [CentOS] Mgetty for out of band management - which modem?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We're thinking of using Mgetty and a modem to allow us some out of band
> management access to sites if the ADSL connection fails...
>
> Just wondered if anyone had a recommended USB modem they've used on
> Centos/Mgetty as Hayes compatible serial modems seem to be quite rare
> these days?
>
>
The box actually has a serial port on it... problem is finding the
serial modems! The USR stuff (now 3com) seems to be software based and
won't (apparently) work with mgetty...
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