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Chapter 3 Configuring Ports for RealPort 15
About RealPort
This section provides a brief introduction to RealPort.
What is RealPort?
RealPort is a feature that allows network-based host systems to use the
ports of the device server as though they were the host system’s own ports,
appearing and behaving as local ports to the network-based host.
RealPort Advantages
RealPort provides the following advantages:
• It expands the number of ports available to the host system.
• It enables device server ports to be treated as if they were directly
connected to the host, which means they use all standard operating
system interfaces that control baud rate, parity, stop bits, and flow
control.
• It enables host administrators to do most of the required
configuration on the host, the system with which the administrator is
most familiar.
• It dramatically reduces host CPU overhead because multiple
terminal or printer sessions are multiplexed over the same TCP/IP
connection.
Configuring the RealPort Software
You must install and configure RealPort software on each host that will use
RealPort ports. See the RealPort documentation for more information.
Configuration Options
You can configure the device server for RealPort using the web interface.
For information on using the web interface, see "Configuring Ports: Web
Interface" on page 15.
Configuring Ports: Web Interface
Use this procedure to configure a port from the web interface.
1. Access the web interface by entering the device server IP address in a
browser’s URL window.
2. Log on to the device server as root.
The default password is dbps.
Chapter 3
Configuring Ports for RealPort