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Network services associated with serial ports in general

Network service connections associated with serial ports in general include:

RealPort: A single TCP connection manages (potentially) multiple serial ports.

Modem emulation, also known as pseudo-modem (pool): A TCP connection to the “pool” port is interpreted as an incoming call to an available pseudo-modem in the “pool” of available port numbers.

rsh: Digi devices support a limited implementation of the Remote shell (rsh) protocol, in that a single service listens to connections and allows a command to be executed. Only one class of commands is allowed: a single integer that specifies which serial port to connect to. Otherwise, the resulting connection is somewhat similar to a reverse telnet or reverse socket connection.

Network services associated with the command-line interface

Network service connections associated with the command-line interface include:

Telnet: A user can Telnet directly to a Digi device’s command-line interface.

rlogin: A user can perform a remote login (rlogin) to a Digi device’s command- line interface.

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X2 specifications

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