No need to drill, just do what I did: http://www.bpsw.biz/ebay/soekris/serial.jpg
There's also a loose knot inside the case to prevent you from pulling the cable out excessively. Granted, a punch on the case would probably be better -- but I like this alternative over drilling. - Max On Jul 13, 2007, at 1:02 am, Bill Maas wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
