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Serial to Ethernet Connector provides flexible way to establish client-server connection between two COM ports using Eltima Virtual Serial Port technology. You don't have to purchase expensive COM port expansion cards to bypass 2-serial-port-per-PC limit. Guess how you can benefit from this? 

With virtual serial port technology you may create virtual port, open the port by your application and read the data from the server directly, leaving the real port unoccupied. 

Moreover, virtual serial port connection is faster and more reliable than real serial port connection. In the terms of client-server application, you may create up to 255 simultaneous connections to remote server.

1. Specify connection name to identify this configuration (COM1 [Client] is set by default) in "Create connection" tab. Default name is based on local serial port, which participates in connection and selected connection type in brackets.

2. Then select connection type you want to create. It is "Connect serial port to remote host (Client)" in our case, then choose local serial port which will participate in connection. Tick "Create as virtual serial port" checkbox if you would like to use virtual serial ports instead of real ones. Tick "Strict baudrate emulationt" checkbox if you want to enable baudrate emulaton. 

You can find more details on our virtual serial port and baudrate emulaton technologies here.

3. Specify server's IP address (or network name) and port number to connect to. Make sure that port number matches the one at remote host and isn't blocked by firewall. Click "Add" button to add IP address to IP's list. You should know, that starting from 5.0 version you are able to connect to several remote computers simultaneously using IP's list. Moreover you can save your IP's list to hard drive and load it using "Save list" and "Load list" buttons. 

Note, that if you choose 2 and and more IP's TELNET protocol will be unavailable.

4. Finally click "Create connection" button in the Main Window. On successful creation, you will see your connection in Connections tree.

5. Open local serial port. You may use Windows HyperTerminal utility for that purpose. This step is necessary only if you want to verify the successfull creation of connection.

6. Create "server" connection at the remote end and make sure that remote host name and port number match the ones you set in client's configuration.

7. Now you are ready to start communication process with default settings. If you would like to edit your connection settings, please, consult Editing "client" connection section.

Alternatively, you may use Mirror connection option, to automatically configure remote end.

Setting up connection settings, Signal lines, Proxy and security settings sections will help you change advanced settings after activating Advanced mode.

If you would like to find out how to delete the connection, please, refer to Removing connections.