[Soekris] Second DB9 serial connector?

[Max Campos]

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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