Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 20:33:10 -0700 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@cdrom.com> To: Mark Hittinger <bugs@ns1.win.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: wcarchive down (fwd) Message-ID: <6711.798435190@westhill.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 Apr 1995 23:19:09 EDT." <199504210319.XAA01212@ns1.win.net>
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In message <199504210319.XAA01212@ns1.win.net>, Mark Hittinger writes: >There was an interesting little device on a stack of routers that I saw >in town. >It was a telephone power switch. The routers were plugged into this >black box that was plugged into the ac. There was a phone line plugged >into this black box. >You could dial the black box, punch in a code, and it would power cycle >the router stack. We are seriously thinking about this ourselves, but with a AC powered cell phone rather than a conventional land-line phone. For one reason. It may be a PoP, but running another phone line in there would be expensive, and cell phones & access rates are dirt cheap now. Gary
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