Lantronix
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Lantronix, Inc. is a American
computer technology manufacturer that makes devices that allow companies to remotely network, access and manage electronic equipment over the Internet. The company offers three platforms:
The company serves several vertical markets, including security and fire control, industrial and building automation
, medical, transportation, retail/POS, financial, government, consumer electronics/appliances, IT/data center, and pro-AV/signage.
Lantronix is headquartered in Irvine, CA and has offices around the world.
terminal server
enabling terminals
and serial printers to connect to a host computer over a network. In the early 1990s, Lantronix introduced a complete line of print server
s that enabled users to inexpensively share laser printer
s and plotter
s over the network.
Later, Lantronix offered a single-port external networking solution that enabled serial devices to be connected to Ethernet networks.
In 2003, Lantronix introduced the XPort, a compact network module complete with an embedded web server. The next year, the company introduced a serial-to-Wi-Fi module called the WiPort.
In 2007, Lantronix launched the SecureLinx Spider, a single-port KVM-over-IP solution for remotely managing distributed servers.
Most recently, Lantronix expanded its product portfolio with the availability of ManageLinx and its first application, VIP Access, which provides secure remote Internet access to control almost any electronic equipment behind firewalls.
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computer technology manufacturer that makes devices that allow companies to remotely network, access and manage electronic equipment over the Internet. The company offers three platforms:
- DeviceLinx - a family of external and embedded networking modules that remotely connect and control equipment via the Internet. Serial-to-Ethernet and serial-to-Wi-Fi connectivity options available.
- ManageLinx - an application services platform providing simple, yet secure remote access to and control of firewall-protected equipment.
- SecureLinx - family of console servers, remote power managers and remote KVM-over-IP solutions that remotely manage data center and branch office IT infrastructure equipment from anywhere via the Internet.
The company serves several vertical markets, including security and fire control, industrial and building automation
Building automation
Building automation describes the functionality provided by the control system of a building. A building automation system is an example of a distributed control system...
, medical, transportation, retail/POS, financial, government, consumer electronics/appliances, IT/data center, and pro-AV/signage.
Lantronix is headquartered in Irvine, CA and has offices around the world.
Company history
Lantronix was founded in 1989 with the introduction of an ethernetEthernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
terminal server
Terminal server
A terminal server enables organizations to connect devices with an RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485 serial interface to a local area network . Products marketed as terminal servers can be very simple devices that do not offer any security functionality, such as data encryption and user authentication...
enabling terminals
Computer terminal
A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that is used for entering data into, and displaying data from, a computer or a computing system...
and serial printers to connect to a host computer over a network. In the early 1990s, Lantronix introduced a complete line of print server
Print server
A print server, or printer server, is a device that connects printers to client computers over a network. It can accept print jobs from the computers and send the jobs to the appropriate printers....
s that enabled users to inexpensively share laser printer
Laser printer
A laser printer is a common type of computer printer that rapidly produces high quality text and graphics on plain paper. As with digital photocopiers and multifunction printers , laser printers employ a xerographic printing process, but differ from analog photocopiers in that the image is produced...
s and plotter
Plotter
A plotter is a computer printing device for printing vector graphics. In the past, plotters were widely used in applications such as computer-aided design, though they have generally been replaced with wide-format conventional printers...
s over the network.
Later, Lantronix offered a single-port external networking solution that enabled serial devices to be connected to Ethernet networks.
In 2003, Lantronix introduced the XPort, a compact network module complete with an embedded web server. The next year, the company introduced a serial-to-Wi-Fi module called the WiPort.
In 2007, Lantronix launched the SecureLinx Spider, a single-port KVM-over-IP solution for remotely managing distributed servers.
Most recently, Lantronix expanded its product portfolio with the availability of ManageLinx and its first application, VIP Access, which provides secure remote Internet access to control almost any electronic equipment behind firewalls.