Re: (clug-talk) Remote power on/off/reboot products - recommendations?

[timmy]

I don't think WOL will work for this application. I thought WOL was used to "wake up" machines that were in power saving mode, such as during the night when noone was around, but I could be wrong.


tim

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 15:08:22 -0800, Jesse Kline wrote:

>Will the WOL devices on most network cards work? I know they can turn a
>machine on, but I not sure if they can reboot it. If the system has not gone
>down completely you can always set it up so you can ssh into the machine and
>reboot it remotely. The other thing I can think of is that I know there are a
>number of home automation programs that let you turn lights on on/off, etc. I
>even saw one guy who let you turn his x-mas lights on and off via the web. You
>could set something like this up which would cut the power to the machine and
>they turn in back on again. You may have to use WOL once the machine has power
>off.
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>Good luck,
>
>Jesse
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>Quoting "J. Rafael S�nchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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>> Hi all,
>> Has anyone used remote power control devices that allow you to turn a
>> lockedup Linux system back on when a crash occur?
>> If you have, do you have any recommendations? Is there any brand, or type
>> that you would recommend?
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>> I'm thinking about implementing something like this for two or three of my
>> most important linux systems. Any suggestions will be well recieved and
>> appreciated. Thank you very much.
>>
>> Raf.
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>>
>> J.Rafael.S�nchez
>> Systems Administrator
>> Itres Research Limited
>> www.itres.com
>> P.403.250.9944
>> F.403.250.9916
>>
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