As an OT question ... I'd like to put my laser printer in the garage (nothing stopping me!), connect it to the network and print to it. Easy.
But, I don't want to leave it switched on all the time - serious power consumption :-) I don't want to queue a print job, go to the garage, switch it on, wait for warm up, wait for the queue to run, wait and freeze things off until it prints ... I'd like to be able to switch the power on and off remotely. So I'm looking for a networked power management switch ... I've found interesting ones on the wider net :- http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7139308230.html http://www.planet.com.tw/product/product_intro.php?menu_id=51 http://www.wti.com/ips4.htm http://www.snappernet.co.nz/Packages/FernShop/FernShop/Pub.Shop.Product/PID/4567%A60CBD56E8/LINK/Pub.Shop.Product_BTN_DETAILS4567%A60CBD56E8/TYPE/details/ROOT/SNAPPER But I haven't found anything cheapish (The SnapperNet one at $427 doesn't meet my current definition of cheap!) If you know of anything interesting, please tell me about it! -jim
