From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Apr 18 04:09:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA24732 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 04:09:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from guardian.fortress.org (fortress.org [198.168.253.52]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA24727 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 04:09:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (andrew@localhost) by guardian.fortress.org (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id HAA20597; Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:09:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 07:09:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Webster Reply-To: andrew@pubnix.net To: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG, "David K. Phinney" Subject: Re: tele-boot device In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 17 Apr 1997, Eric J. Schwertfeger wrote: > It's a box that looks like those under-the-monitor power control consoles > with 5 outlets on the rear, and 6 switches (one for each outlet, and one > master), but it has a pair of phone jacks in the back. A phone line goes > into one of them, and the other can go to a phone or whatever, though I > don't know if the whatever can take calls (I think so, but we use > dedicated phone lines to avoid busies). You can then use any phone to > call into the box, give a 4 digit security code, then the 5th digit tells > the console which of the 5 outlets to power cycle (power stays off for > about 15 seconds). You also might want to check out APC's Master Switch product. It has 8 outlets, and in this case the modem is external, but it also alows control via SNMP, and the web. It has a 10base-T port on it, and runs a mini httpd! No clue about the price. Andrew Webster andrew@pubnix.net PubNIX Montreal Connected to the world Branche au monde P.O. Box 147 Cote Saint Luc, Quebec H4V 2Y3 tel 514.990.5911 http://www.pubnix.net fax 514.990.9443