Post #3989999
2026-07-21 09:06 UTC
I have a few firewalls and servers which expose USB console - usually MiniUSB port on the device and the other end goes to laptop, so USB host (?).
Is there a simple device that could multiplex them all, so that I can connect over SSH and just monitor the serial I need? I use NanoKVM but it does the full video and I think one serial (?).
On the other hand, I’m thinking if I had a RapsberryPi there which has four USB host ports I could just connect each serial to one and then simply select them from shell using appropriate /dev/ttyUSBx devices.
But maybe someone has that working and tested, before I go hacking?
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@FoxVK@mastodon.sandwich.net 2026-07-21 16:13
@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl Well yes, just connect it to whatever pc you have ssh acces too. I think you can pass to ssh comman another command to run on target machine so ssh login@yourpc "screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200" might be all you need