OT: Ethernet equivalent of a virtual comm port?

asmallri · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 1634 Location: Perth, Australia

Anyone know if there is an equivalent to the USB virtual comm port driver for Ethernet to enable a PC application to select a virual comm port that maps to Ethernet (telnet or UDP)?
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treitmey · Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Posts: 1094 Location: Appleton,WI USA

Yup.
Look at the lantronix software.
I use the UDS-10 external software. It has a virtual com port.
http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/external-device-servers/uds10-iap.html
Downloads
http://www.lantronix.com/support/downloads.html
NOTE: put configuration in RAW mode, inside the software. I worked with tech support for that info. You won't have that luxury.

maxstream also has products. They are wireless. (Xcite)

mmprestine · Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:07 pm

I have used this one a couple of times and it works pretty well.
Matt

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asmallri · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 1634 Location: Perth, Australia

Thanks to you both but I am chasing just the windows virtual comm port not the hardware component.
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Ttelmah · Guest

Going back a few years, there was an example 'virtual com port', in the Windows DDK (about Y2K). This seems to have disappeared from the latter DDK packs, and the model involved has got a lot more complex now. There are a few 'part' drivers around as shareware/freeware, but I have found these to have varying quality. Look at the 'eltima' XP driver, which I think may be very close to what you want.

Best Wishes

mmprestine · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 6:42 am

Sorry for the confusion. Here is another software only that I have used.

http://www.virtualserialport.com/products/serial-over-ethernet/

Some others from the net I found:

http://www.fabulatech.com/network-serial-port-kit.html

http://www.serial-port-communication.com/serial-over-tcpip/

http://www.virtual-serial-port.com/

Matt

asmallri · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 1634 Location: Perth, Australia

Thanks everyone...
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