Multiple rs6k to one 3151, switch?

[BryanDavis]

Is it possible to hook up multiple rs6000 to a single 3151 with a switch. I have about a dozen boxes but room for just a few 3151's. Is a switch the way to go, or is there even a way to do this.

Bryan Davis

 

[gheist]

An 80486 equipped with 16M of ram and multiport serial adapter (USD 10) runs fine emulating vt100/vt220, and if equiped with high-speed pci ethernet adapter it can share serial ports to whole network securely

but you can make alternative cable switchbox.

 

[Yegolev]

We use the Computone RAS 2000. Works great, allows me to telnet to the RAS and see the SMS or SP menu on the connected servers.

http://www.computone.com/Products/RAS2000/ras2000_index.html

Avoiding the long walk to the computer center is a bonus.

 

[gheist]

We use Freebsd 3.5 on Compaq 1U and it allows secure communications via SSH over the network ...

 

[BFOJ]

Check out Black Box,

http://catalog.blackbox.com/BlackBox/Templates/blackbox/mainscreen.asp

Do a search for "RS/6000 KVM".

There are other companies that sell switch boxes that you're looking for.