Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: >>> Hook up ethernet, if its not POE, you plug it in, attach all the various >>> usb cables, vga, serial, ps/2, ect ect to the server and let it hang. >>> When your server is unresponsive just go ahead and hit the IP you >>> assigned to your Spider, and you get a full console, virtual media, mass >>> storage emulation, and the ability to mount samba shares and what not >>> into it. >> >>>> How exactly would that work? >> >> I'm still not clear on this solution. >> Assuming you are actually doing this, could you tell me how you set it up >> in a little more detail, please. >> > > You hook up device to the PC, and both to internet, device with public > IP, best if it is static, or with dynamic domain. I'm not sure how I would connect both Spider and PC to the internet. If I had to purchase a second IP address, and pay my ISP for a second line, with the cost of the Spider this would be getting quite expensive. Maybe I have misunderstood something, as I am no network guru. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland