From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jan 8 09:32:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA05436 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 09:32:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA05423 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 09:32:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from shovey@buffnet.net) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA03522; Thu, 8 Jan 1998 12:30:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 12:30:03 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey To: Peter Sleggs cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Remote power cycle In-Reply-To: <19980108.083338.5O6.rnr.w165w@belsys.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > considering 2 projects. > > 1. Watchdog card, or box of some sort > > 2. Reset controller box > serial input [ modem maybe ] with 8 relays to allow the reset of > computers remotely > > Is there a demand for these sorts of hardware ? > Wish lists for features ? We bought jobbers off the shelf for this - for approx $250 you get a central control jobber and a bunch of jobbies you plug into outlets and then the cpu into that - I DONT USE THEM EVER because I have found that more times than not (unless it is my 1 last SCO box) is that something serious, that requires my prescence went wrong - like a bad hard disk - and power cyclingly blindly in many cases would not only hide the evidence of what is up, but could actually make matters worse.