Hi, here's my contribution to the litany of complaints about what you can't do [easily] with a Soekris box. The issue has probably been raised before, but I couldn't find anything about it. The question is: why isn't the aux serial port (COM2) on a Soekris box provided with a DB9 connector?
The reason why I ask this is because in my view, using a pair of Soekris boxes i.o. a single one on remote, unattended locations could vastly improve QoS: the boxes' serial ports would be cross-linked, so that one could be accessed from the other in case of trouble. Of course this can be done right now (and it undoubtedly is, somewhere), but it will involve some drilling and "stuff". It would be nice if it could be done without "stuff". Would an extra DB9 connector make a Soekris box vastly more expensive? I've been working on a "Watch My Back" config about a year ago, but the project stalled over the unwillingness of SSH to work with CARP (probably something to do with suddenly changing host keys), plus the fact that I got consumed by other issues (not Soekris-related), but it's still in the back of my mind. Bill -- "Fix bugs first, add features later" _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
