Re: Remote power reboot
Stephen Ronan <[email protected]> Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:08:24 -0500
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Thanks for the tip, Ken. Looks like I'll be trying something analogous. I've purchased some Western Telematic Inc, (www.wti.com) Remote Power Boot devices (RPB-115) on Ebay *http://tinyurl.com/2r48dz *for about $43 each including shipping and will try using a PHP script based on one offered by a chap on the Portland Personal Telco list. - Stephen Ronan Ken Greenebaum wrote: >I rolled my own solution using inexpensive X10 devices (an appliance >module, RF receiver, and a serial based RF transmitter), and a perl >script that I run every minute as a cron script. Of course you need >to have a machine running 24/7 to run the script(s). > >-Ken > > >On Feb 18, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Stephen Ronan wrote: > > > >>While having some troubles with remote DSL modems occasionally losing >>sync, I'm trying to check out power supplies/switches that support >>remote rebooting or automated rebooting driven by ping results when >>the >>device attempts to ping other devices. These three looked particularly >>interesting: >> >>Digital Loggers, Inc. >>Web Power Switch >>http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html >>(no telnet as of 2/07) >>(about $150) >> >>Synaccess >>Netbooter NP-02 >>http://www.synaccess-net.com/products.php?id=np02 >>(about $200) >> >> >>Dataprobe >>iBOOT >>http://dataprobe.com/products/power/iboot/index.html >>(about $235) >> >>I was leaning toward the first of those possibilities for situations >>where telnet wouldn't add much value and the second in situations >>where >>telnet would be especially useful (e.g., in a Roofnet mesh network >>where >>I could reach the power switch via another gateway, hopping through >>Roofnet nodes via ssh/telnet). But I was surprised to find last night >>that the online store cites $80+ for shipping from CA to MA. I'm >>hoping >>that's a mistake. >> >>I'd be interested to know if any of you have had experience with such >>devices and have experience/recommendations to share? >> >> Thanks, >>Stephen Ronan >>_______________________________________________ >>Talk mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >Talk mailing list >[email protected] >http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk > > > _______________________________________________ Talk mailing list [email protected] http://seattlewireless.net/mailman/listinfo/talk