27 Jun
2003
27 Jun
'03
11:02 a.m.
APC Masterswitch.... new, about $395, but they are on ebay much cheaper.
However, they are rackmountable, and have 8 outlets, wonderful web
interface, and a serial port. The serial port is designed for a console, but
I'm sure you could fudge the appropriate strings to make it shut a given
port down.
We use them like candy in our datacenter.
Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh(a)aracnet.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 5:11 PM
Subject: Device to reset power...
I'm getting sick of my DSL modem locking up on me.
Some times it will be
good for weeks on end, other times it needs to be powercycled every few
hours. This seems to be one of those every few hours days :^(
It is fairly easy to set my Firewall up to monitor and determine if the
firewall is down. The question is, what would it take to get that
Firewall
to powercycle the ()#*&% #(*&% modem on
it's own? I seem to recall seeing
something that can be plugged into a Serial port, and you can send it
signals to turn the power on and off on a receptical.
Zane