How do I connect the case ground on a Cisco 2600 series router?

Question

I am considering purchasing a Cisco 2600 series router to buff up my networking skills.

The Cisco 2600 hardware installation guide (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/routers/access/2600/hardware/installation/guide/2600ch3.html#wp1059972) calls for connecting the case to ground (separate from the ground connection built into the AC plug):

"Warning: AC connected units must have a permanent ground connection in addition to the power cable ground wire. NEBS-compliant grounding satisfies this requirement. Statement 284."

What the guide does not specify is how to ground the other end of the grounding cable connected to the router case. As I am working out of my small apartment, not a data center, there's no grounding block for me to attach to.

Is there some form of AC plug I could use? Perhaps something that would connect only to the ground pin (leaving unconnected the hot an neutral wires)? Maybe there is some other way to connect this?

Any advice you can offer is sincerely appreciated.

Answer 1

Well ya know how some people cut the third prong off a cord, i was thinking just cut the other two before i got to that part in your question.

like in another outlet on another circuit.

but i'm not altogether sure, if this is good thing to do.  I've used a metal file cabinet as a electrical ground in the past, not for router but other things.  fortunately i wasn't electricuted... yet

Answer 2

You would need a ground strap that would be attached to the router & to the frame of the rack it should be installed on.