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From: kwe@bu-cs.BU.EDU (kwe@bu-it.bu.edu (Kent W. England))
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Re: Terminal servers
Summary: Why not use fan-outs?
Message-ID: <30871@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 9 May 89 16:44:16 GMT
References: <1215@durin.sparta.COM>
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In article <1215@durin.sparta.COM> frankh@durin.sparta.COM
 (Frank Halsema) writes:
>We are going to install a set on terminal servers on our LAN. I would like to
>find 16 port units with rj11-six wire connections. If not rj11 they must be
>rs232. Can any one recommend a good unit.
>
	What if you bought a terminal server with a 50 pin telco
connector and then had a fan-out to RJ-11 made up custom for you, so
you could map the 232 signals to your own standard pin-out?
	Then you could also have a DB25 fanout made, if you ever
needed one.  If you ever wanted to install your terminal server in a
closet on a regular twisted pair patch panel, why, you could even do
that.
	In short, telco connectors are quite flexible.  You are going
to have to remap 232 signals anyway, so why not do it in the fanout
instead of in the patch cord?
	Just my opinion.