Windows Serial Console Daemon

Published May 11th, 2003, updated February 29th, 2008.

wconsd is a serial console server for Windows NT/2k/XP. It maps local com ports to an IP socket and makes it accessible with any TCP/IP terminal. I use it with PuTTY to set up routers when no IP address is assigned… PuTTY just feels better than Hyperterminal or TeraTerm;)

downlad source code
downlad binaries

update: PuTTY 0.59 (Jan 24, 2007) includes native support for serial consoles.

  • Hamish Coleman
    I thought you might be interested to hear that I have taken your old wconsd source code and gutted it, fixing some bugs in the process, and rewriting a lot of it to fit my own objectives.

    Anyway, if you are interested enough to have a look, I have published my updates on http://wob.zot.org/2/projects/show/wconsd
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