Fantastic App and support – Get Console Review

I use Get-Console on my iPad2 along with the Airconsole adapter. The app is great. It supports a “Connection Manager” which allows directories so that you can organize your connection objects. Each connection object allows custom settings and you can create a login script and assign it to the connection. As soon as the connection comes up the script logs you in. There is a lot more you can do with the scripting engine besides login scripts. It is fully integrated with Dropbox and you can configure it to automatically log every connection and save it to dropbox. There is “CMD” button that allow you to save often used commands for quick entry and you can save complete text files in dropbox and instantly paste them into a device or paste what is in the clipboard. It supports Telnet, SSH and Serial using either the RedPark cable or the AirConsole. The Airconsole is the best $70 tool I have ever purchased. It provides a serial console connection over wifi. But it also has an Ethernet jack so you can connect to a console port for serial and then connect the ethernet port for TFTP (built into the Get-Console App). Plus it has a DHCP server built in. You can connect the Airconsole Ethernet port to any device that is configured for DHCP and it will hand out an address. Now you just connect your iPad or laptop to the Airconsole and you have Ethernet access to the device. I use it to configure iLo on HP servers all the time. Battery life is about 5 hours but you can charge it while using it. Almost any device with a USB port will charge it so it’s never a problem in a rack with servers. With the Airconsole device I don’t need to bring a laptop any longer. I have Serial, telnet and SSH right on the iPad with a great application. If I have wifi at the site I don’t even need the Airconsole! Plus, it works over VPN so if the site doesn’t have wifi but I have 3G coverage I just connect the VPN and use telnet/SSH for existing switches. I have only had a couple questions and the developers were very quick to respond. At one point I smashed the usb/serial cable in the hinge of a wall mount rack and they gave me a big discount on the replacement! I purchased an app that scans the network using SNMP. At a customer site I run that, grab the output and create the connection objects in a short time.
Review by Rikosintie on Get Console.