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The general purpose communication interface and related protocols. Specifically, a serial interface transfers one bit at a time ("in serial"), and complies with the RS-232 standard.

The general purpose communication interface and related protocols. Specifically, a serial interface transfers one bit at a time ("in serial"), and complies with the RS-232 standard.

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Why are serial console ports on network switches 8P8C/RJ45 sockets?

It has always seemed a bit strange to me that the console ports on networking gear are 8P8C (popularly referred to as "RJ45" even though that's not strictly applicable here) connectors and require an adapter to connect to a DE9 serial port. What is…
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DTE & DCE advice

I am just wondering what the meain differences are between these two and do they need to have different clock rates. I am right in thinking that if I was linking two routers together via serial I would use DTE to connect them and linking up to an…
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Telnet through a serial terminal server

I have a Perle IOLAN device like this, and one configuration option is for a serial terminal. The corresponding configuration screen. As you can see, one option is to configure the terminal to connect to a Telnet server. Can somebody explain how it…
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Connect Raspberry Pi to Windows Server (HP DL380) over serial connection

I have tried searching the internet for many hours on this issue and I haven't found anything that would fit my needs. Here is the problem: We have some HP DL380 servers in a network that is closed off to the Internet that we are trying to get a…
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Raritan serial consoles (DSX) totally unreliable

We have some serial consoles by manufacturer Raritan. More specifically, 8-port and 16-port DSX-8 and DSX-16s. Currently, I seriously doubt their stability. What happens most of the time: Usually, the device isn't needed for some time. When it is…
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