Out Of Band management on the cheap

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I was watching episode 7 of the CCNA security course and I'd like to share my sort of DIY terminal server idea.

What I was thinking is getting something like a raspberry pi to act as an SSH server then hooking up a USB hub to it. You can then attach usb to serial adapters to the usb hub. this will give you like 4-8 Com ports per pi.

Would this work?

In my home I have a terminal server my job was throwing away. I made some custom cable using the diagram provided on the server and it totally worked. Only problem is the server is telnet only. I've heard I can wrap the connection to the terminal server in a vpn tunnel which
will make my telnet session secure.

@Daniel-Espinal,

Great out of the box thinking! I believe this can work. The only limitation that I can think of is the powered hubs. Sometimes they get flaky when too many devices are connected. But I like this idea!

Cordially,

Ronnie Wong
Edutainer, ITProTV

The latest Raspberry Pi has built-in Ethernet and 4 USB ports, so you could avoid an external USB hub.

Rick,

That's great to know! I didn't know they had 4 USB ports. This may be worthy of a how to one day!

Cordially,
Ronnie Wong
Host, ITProTV