From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Dec 2 23:44:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA16993 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 23:44:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from kirk.nrv.net (kirk.nrv.net [206.99.236.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA16988 for ; Mon, 2 Dec 1996 23:44:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from abyss (taters@port-27.server2.nrv.net [206.99.236.109]) by kirk.nrv.net (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA24137; Tue, 3 Dec 1996 02:44:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <32A3DC96.2231@nrv.net> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 02:53:58 -0500 From: Troy Settle Reply-To: pitlord@nrv.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Dillon CC: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ups recommendations... References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Dillon wrote: > > 4) I was told to keep my router off of the ups completely. The logic was > > if my router was still up and the telephone company was down then it would > > be more difficult for the router to reconnect. I don't quite follow this > > line of thinking. After all the CO has power backups out the wazoo, so it > > stands to reason it would be up. Anyway, what thoughts do you have on this > > point? Keep the router on the ups or off? > > Keep it on. All your leased line customers with UPSes will be happy and > some of your dialup customers will have UPSes or else their power will not > be out so they will be happy that they can continue surfing. Consider > keeping a 386 laptop running a RADIUS server on the UPS as well with the > screen disconnected (install a switch). When the UPS runs out, the laptop > battery will keep it going for another few hours. When the UPS goes out, what do you need a RADIUS server for? you're terminal servers, routers, and everything else depending on the UPS is gonna be dead.