Cost Effective 1 Port Terminal Server Rs232 using mikrotik / 3G
out of band management is critical for the network operation. when searching solution for console access through rs232 and 3G i came across Mikrotik serial connection option. I haven't tested the 3G setup yet but quite impressive options available in 79$ Mikrotik router for RS232 access: 1st have to set the baud-rate and similar settings : [admin@Console_Tik] > port export # jan/02/1970 00:32:05 by RouterOS 5.5 # software id = WE49-11I9 # /port set 0 baud-rate=9600 data-bits=8 flow-control=none name=serial0 parity=none \ stop-bits=1 /port firmware set directory=firmware [admin@Console_Tik] > 2nd if we are using for console access we need to disable the console port option on mikrotik as follows : [admin@Console_Tik] > system console print Flags: X - disabled, U - used, F - free # PORT TERM 0 X serial0 vt102 From mikrotik we can directly access the co