2: Introduction
EDS Device Servers User Guide 14
Figure 2-1. EDS4100 4 Port Device Server
Features
The following list summarizes the key features of the EDS4100.
Dual-purpose Ethernet terminal server and device server design
Includes four serial ports with hardware handshaking signals
Supports RS-232 and RS-422/485
Includes one RJ45 Ethernet port
Supports the IEEE 802.3af standard for Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)
8 MB Flash memory
32 MB Random Access Memory (RAM)
Based on Lantronix’s Evolution OS™
Supports secure data encryption by means of AES, SSH, or SSL sessions
Supports three convenient configuration methods (Web, command line, and
XML)
Print server functionality (LPR/LPD)
EDS8PR, EDS16PR, and EDS32PR Overview
The EDS8PR (8 serial ports), EDS16PR (16 serial ports), and EDS32PR (32 serial ports)
are compact easy-to-use, rack-mountable device servers that give you the ability to
network-enable asynchronous RS-232 serial devices. They provide fully transparent RS-
232 point-to-point connections without requiring modifications to existing software or
hardware components in your application.