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Provides Ethernet
support for terminals,
printers, and other
RS-232 devices.
True terminal speeds
up to 115.2 kbps.
Supports industry-
standard TCP/IP
protocols.
Enables remote users
to connect to larger
networks using PPP
and SLIP protocols.
Simple to install,
configure, manage,
and use.
Saves the cost of
multiple lines and
termination hardware.
Small and lightweight.
W
hy spend money on terminal
server ports that you’ll
probably never use? Some
companies never give you the
option of buying only what you
need, pushing an 8- or 16-port
server when all you really want
is a single-port model.
As always, Black Box has
what you want. The Compact
Single-Port Terminal Server gives
you the freedom to easily—and
economically—add one port
for each new user as the need
arises. Best of all, this lightweight
terminal server actually costs less
than the per-port cost of most
multiport terminal servers.
This low-cost router also
ensures you that you’ll get high
performance from your serial-to-
network connections.
Optimized for network
and terminal performance, the
Compact Single-Port Terminal
Server provides true terminal baud
rates. The unit is designed for the
single user or device, so you can
enjoy the benefits of consistent,
full-speed data throughput instead
Simplify! If you need only one port, then buy
only one port. It’s the cost-effective way to go.
Key Features
COMPACT SINGLE-PORT TERMINAL SERVER
of accepting the often lower
performance of a shared terminal
server. Its RS-232 port supports
speeds from 50 to 115,2000 bps,
as well as hardware flow control,
software flow control, and full
modem controls.
With the terminal server,
virtually any type of asynchronous
RS-232 device can be integrated
with a TCP/IP-based Ethernet
network. RS-232 devices
communicate through an Ethernet
LAN by bidirectionally translating
async to IP and IP to async. Once
it’s installed and configured, you
can connect your PCs, printers,
modems, and hosts to the LAN.
There’s no need for a point-to-point
link or a complex, cumbersome,
and expensive wiring scheme.
The Compact Single-Port
Terminal Server can be deployed
different ways. Use it, for example,
to connect a legacy serial device
to your LAN so you can control
and monitor the device remotely.
Or use it to provide a dedicated
link between two workstations
at separate locations. In this
application, the Single-Port
Terminal Server uses your existing
network backbone as the transport
medium. You can also space two
Compact Single-Port Terminal
Servers apart on your network and
use them as serial-line extenders.
The device supports a full
complement of the industry-
standard TCP/IP Internet Protocol
suite, including Rlogin, Telnet,
Reverse Telnet (raw sockets),
PPP, SLIP, and SNMP. You can
connect a device such as a PC or
a terminal that needs to dial into a
LAN (Telnet). Or you can connect
a data-collection device that needs
to be controlled from a LAN
(Reverse Telnet), such as a modem
or printer. Because the terminal
server supports raw sockets,
there’s no need to spend a lot of
time writing programs and dealing
with Telnet overhead to make your
LAN node communicate with your
RS-232 device.
The terminal server also
allows a remote user to dial into
the Ethernet backbone and access
the TCP/IP host. TCP/IP hosts and
Black Box Corporation
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Black Box Corporation.
8/26/2004
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