Hi

It's a little tough to send one out to a customer set up that way ....

It does work pretty well around the lab. I'm not sure about knots in  
flat cable. I normally use RTV cement to just glue the cable to the box.

Bob

On Jul 14, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Max Campos wrote:

> 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"
>>
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