From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 14 13:27:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5846837B403 for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:27:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f6EKRm807737; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:27:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Doug Lee" , , Subject: RE: Good UPS & software to work with FreeBSD? Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:27:48 -0700 Message-ID: <003701c10ca3$72ab0e20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <20010714131253.Z477@kirk.sector14.net> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Doug Lee >Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 10:13 AM > >I see a lot of UPS systems that come ready for a Windows host, and >some that do SNMP but (I think) via a serial connection rather than >Ethernet. I run ucd-snmp but have not learned how to do SNMP over >serial. > Neither have I. SNMP is a networking standard and as such it makes no sense to use serial ports for it - unless your running ppp or some such over the serial port. >Suggestions welcome, including brands or general ideas. >Recommendations for brands based on quality and other concerns also >welcome. If it really is better to connect the UPS to Windows, I can; >but I don't leave the Windows machine on quite as much as the FreeBSD >box, and I like the idea of being able to check on the UPS from >elsewhere... > If you do go to the trouble of doing the SmartUPS route then you can get some useful data remotely by plugging it into the FreeBSD system. But, see the following if your in the US: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/software.html and pull the 120v modified upsd down from there. The one in ports is 220v euro power. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message