> > *This kind of thing can not be unique, because I note that there are > Ethernet controlled power strips with "Auto-Ping."* > *Stated feature is “Auto-Ping” feature to intelligently reboot a locked-up AP, router, VoIP phone, server, camera. or other device automatically.*
This isn't unique to the Beaglebones. We get close strikes here all the time during the summer, and in fact decapped a realtech ethernet bridge chip in a PoE switch last year . . . But my personal equipment gets reset all the time from static discharges from close strike several times a year. Mostly it's just a GbE switch I have in my bedroom, but other devices get messes up from time to time as well. Once or twice our PoE WDS routers have too . . . On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Graham <gra...@flex-radio.com> wrote: > It all depends on what you are worried about. > > I have several BBBs that I use as servers, and I want them to be robust. > > So while working through power backup and an external hardware watchdog > per all the previous discussions, we have a thunderstorm roll through the > area. > > No close strikes, but the Ethernet network interface went catatonic, would > not send or receive, but didn't throw any errors. > > I could not SSH into the command line. > > But the local serial port/command line worked fine. The kernel seemed to > be happily running, and not worried about anything in particular. > > The system logs looked like someone had disconnected the Ethernet cable > during the storm, but the network was still physically connected, with the > RJ-45 socket lights blinking. > > A power cycle reestablished everything. > > So, probably some kind of transient flipped a few configuration register > bits and stopped the Ethernet interface. > No physical damage. > > This kind of thing can not be unique, because I note that there are > Ethernet controlled power strips with "Auto-Ping." > Stated feature is “Auto-Ping” feature to intelligently reboot a locked-up > AP, router, VoIP phone, server, camera. or other device automatically. > > Web Power Switch 7. http://www.digital-loggers.com/lpc.html > > So either I can go buy a $115 smart AC power switch, or use an > Ethernet-PIC instead of the MSP430. > > --- Graham > > == > >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/47e04409-af30-4c62-9b3b-445a82036380%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/47e04409-af30-4c62-9b3b-445a82036380%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CALHSORqTdBG2XVL52pvECedfZvLEjtwv5KE0GovH4E6LP9z2mw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
