Hyper-v Serial Port Modem
Working with USB devices can be challenging in Hyper-V. Eric has a three method. Capture a USB port to prevent. A USB fax/modem attached to the host.
Just wanted to let you know that there is a supported way to do this. Make serial ports available on your network with I am using this to connect my virtual hyper-v guest to a PLS. This is not a solution only for virtual machines, but it works on all kinds of computers. You install the program on both the computer that has the physical com port, and on the computer(virtual or not) that wants to receive the serial signals where it makes a virtual com port that appears in device manager. This is a supported way. No need to hacks! In my case i needed a virtual hyper-v guest to communicate with a physical com port that sits on the host within the same physical machine.
I'm needing to connect a Hyper-V guest server (Server 2008 or 2008R2) to eight external modems. This server monitors some SCADA equipment via dial-up lines. My question is 'will this work?' Use a PortServer TS/8 as a networked terminal server to connect to eight external modems (Multi-Tech ZDX). The idea is that the virtual guest server will use the RealPort COM Port Redirector to 'create' eight new serial ports to attach to the PortServer. The PortServer's serial ports are connected to the modems & therefore the Hyper-V guest now has access to these modems.
Hyper-v Serial Port
I would prefer a terminal server that combines this funtionality, but I can't find a Digi product (or anyone else's, for that matter) that provides multiple modems via an IP network. Thanks, Robert Feb 8, 2012 in by New to the Community ( 0 points).