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.