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From: mhyman@cup.portal.com (Marco S Hyman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Ethernet terminal servers
Message-ID: <13718@cup.portal.com>
Date: 19 Jan 89 16:27:04 GMT
References: <6556@fluke.COM> <Jan.16.20.43.00.1989.3121@geneva.rutgers.edu>
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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Excuse my ignorance, but:

Why use a terminal server?  If I need more serial access to our local
network my first thought would be to add more serial ports to one or
more of the machines on the network.

What advantages/disadvantages does a terminal server give me?

--marc
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Marco S. Hyman
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