From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 4 14:24:44 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59EC716A4CE for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:24:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from omoikane.mb.skyweb.ca (64-42-246-34.mb.skyweb.ca [64.42.246.34]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB3AF43D4C for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:24:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@skyweb.ca) Received: by omoikane.mb.skyweb.ca (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C083D61D53; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:24:45 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Johnston To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:24:43 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 References: <20041002221538.M64687@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <20041002221538.M64687@ganymede.hub.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200410040924.44740.mjohnston@skyweb.ca> Subject: Re: Need 'remote power bar' recommendations ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:24:44 -0000 "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > I'm looking at something like: > > http://www.wti.com/nbb16.htm > > to put where my servers are co-located, so taht I can power cycle as > required ... does anyone here have experiences with either WTI, or other > similar products that they'd like to share? We have 3 of WTI's NPS-115 8-port power switches in 3 remote locations, and we've been very happy with them. I've never tried the Web interface that the one you list above seems to have, but we use the Telnet interface on our WTIs to great success, using a small Python script to auto-reboot a couple of pieces of flaky equipment. I have no complaints about the WTI units, but you do have to bear in mind that they'll allow only one Telnet connection at a time - if you drop the connection unexpectedly, you won't be able to get back in until it times out. I've only had one instance of trouble: one of the units, sitting on a broadcast-laden network, started dumping garbage packets onto the wire. It looked almost like a jabbering NIC, but disconnecting and reconnecting the Ethernet cable got it working again. For the 6-8 total unit running years across the 3 units, the one problem is a pretty good record, IMO. HTH, Mark