> hate to be pedantic, but if the area is without power for an extended > time, does that mean that the internet infrastructure won't be > running?
Maybe not, if you're using dial-up. :-) Note the power meters on the large (size of a refrigerator, or two) distribution boxes in your neighborhood. Likely whatever powered equipment inside doesn't have a backup that'll last for more than brief outage, but I have no actual first hand knowledge. Network UPS Tools. I was shocked, shocked I say, to have to RTFHowto on Ubuntu 8.xLTS when I set up a CyberPower. Worked just fine, even though it was my first forray into the Linux USB world. I don't know if apcupsd supports multiple machines per UPS, but that seems to be a NUT strength. Neal p.s. I'll deny suggesting it but you could check out episode 93 at http://revision3.com/systm/ for using car batteries to extend runtime on a normal UPS. Patrick seems pretty sharp, Roger fairly good but take everything technical David says with a huge grain of salt, IMHO. Makes my inner EE cringe. Maybe it's stage nervousness during filming or something, but man.... _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
