Recommendations for universal 1u case, adaption to front RJ45 jacks

Banane

Hi everybody,

I have the idea to mount a pfsense firewall and a openwrt access point to a 19'' rack,
both within one single 1he case.

The two boards are in microatx format or even smaller, so space shouldn't be a problem.

Does someone have an idea how to get the ethernet ports (FW-LAN, FW-WAN, AP-LAN) connected to front RJ45 jacks ?
I mean all the ports should be able to be patched from the front.

Can someone recommend a solution / a 1he case for this intent ?

Kind Regards,
Paul :)

tirsojrp

Simple, get a case with front I/O.

Banane

all the cases I find in the Internet are for standard atx boards.

I need adaption to the ports from inside

Flashpoint

@tirsojrp:

Simple, get a case with front I/O.

I am trying to do the same thing. Find a 1u case, but I think it would look really weird and ugly when you have bunch of cables sticking out the front when they are not needed at all.

I dunno, I thought of buying a pci extender cable, and make a RJ45 hole in the front and put the RJ45 female at the front of the case. Sounds a bit complicated, but I think that is our only option.

grandrivers

this is what I used
super micro CSE-505-203B

there is this one too : CSE-515-505
SuperChassis 515-505 (No Paint)

http://www.plinkusa.net/web1004m.htm

http://www.servercase.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=GHI-107&Category_Code=1UE

Banane

Thanks grandrivers, 'universal front i/o' plates are the solution. Didn't know they existieren.

Guest

Travla T1220 1U Rackmount Dual Mini-ITX Case with 2x Removable SATA HDD Bays
All Ports at the back side.
19" DualRack System for PC Engines APU and others
The front panel can be customized!
Travla T2240 2U Rackmount Dual Mini-ITX Case
All ports at the back side

I mean all the ports should be able to be patched from the front.

If not it would be better or a workaround to connect them to a Switch and there the ports could be patched
better to other devices or ports.