Serial (or USB) over IP modem solutions

[ecables]

Hello, I am running FreeBSD 8.0 as a guest OS on an ESX host server housed within a blade chassis solution. I am attempting to extend outbound dialing to this system, for an OOB solution, but with the current hardware (and vmotion variability) it is not possible to connect a modem for emulation within the guest OS.

Has anyone deployed either Serial over IP, or USB over IP, solutions for modem emulation within FreeBSD? I am interested in a solution that will allow a serial port to be seen within FreeBSD without physically plugging a modem into the host server.

Thanks!

 

[lyuts]

The other day I have seen the article about mounting remote USB drives. But the problem is that it is on Linux and in russian.

But take a look at its
google's translation, maybe you will find something helpful.

 

[ecables]

I did find this product by Avocent:

Avocent ESP-2 MI Serial Hub:
http://www.connectivity.avocent.com/products/network-based/esp_2_mi.asp

Unfortunately it lacks FreeBSD drivers, although it does have Linux drivers. I'm not sure if FreeBSD's linux "emulation" would work in this case or not. I downloaded the drivers, but they are source only and I don't have a Linux box to build them on to test if they'd even function in FreeBSD once compiled.

 

[ecables]

Here's another solution, but it also lacks FreeBSD driver support.

Perle Serial to Ethernet:
http://www.perle.com/products/Serial-to-Ethernet.shtml

Is it possible to get either of these linux based drivers to work in FreeBSD?

 

[ecables]

Has anyone deployed anything similar to the above? I'm at a standstill because nobody has FreeBSD drivers for the above products.

 

[J65nko]

I am not sure I understand you correctly, but doesn't an USB<-->Serial adapter do what you want?

 

[ecables]

FreeBSD is running as a guest OS within an VMWare ESX cluster, and can move between ESX host servers, so there isn't a USB, or serial, port available.