StarTech.com 1 Port RS-232 Serial to IP Ethernet Device Server, DIN Rail Mountable

This piece of kit works well in a lab environment to connect a serial balance to the network; however, setup consisted largely of me working out how to set up the product in the first place. The manual is wholly inadequate, but the product itself works well. A couple of pointers for people struggling to set up their own one: -Download VCOM. It's available under 'Drivers & Downloads' on this page. -Connect the product to your PC directly, using an ethernet cable. Ensure it is powered on. -On your PC, go to Network & Internet > Change adapter options > Ethernet > Properties > IPv4 > Manual Settings -Set your own IP to 192.168.1.70, subnet to 255.255.255.0, gateway to 192.168.1.1 -Open VCOM, hit Search -Select your device, click configure, use admin + 00000 -Set desired settings for whatever you're going to be hooking the product up to (recommend disabling CLI and Telnet). -Press 'OK' at the bottom of the list and wait a minute. -Go back to Network & Internet and MAKE SURE you set it back to Automatically assign IP Address under IPV4. -Plug out the product from your PC and connect it to whatever you want to use it for. Hope this helps!

I have been testing this device in a lab scenario. I agree with the other review that the manual is a joke. It tells you how to mount the device to a rack and install the software, but nothing about what features the NETRS232 offers or what the settings/configurations do. This device has some cool features, but features that will go unused due to the lack of supporting documentation. The manual available under the support tab is the same useless manual. This is typically not an issue due to all the supporting documentation that can be found on the web, however all links I have found for this device direct me back to the original manual. Besides the manual I am having an issue when trying to gain access to a Cisco Catalyst switch. I can access the switch remotely, however the server is sending extra commands that are messing with communications. For example, ever time I enter a command it repeats the line. I can't even do a full show run, it cuts the output off after the first page due to it sending extra messages... I have tried to correct said issue via trial and error due to the lack of manual/online supporting documentation.