Good point, but that's not the problem in our case. We also noticed that the "ON sequence delay" setting affects the cycle time as well. The default setting is often too fast and won't actually powercycle PoE powered MikroTik devices. We've found that changing that setting to 5-10 seconds works much better.
-Kristian On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 10:55 -0700, Forbes Mercy wrote: > Most common mistake made with the Web Power Switch units is the default > is to leave plugs off when losing power, we change those settings to > restore to previous state on power loss, problem solved. Don't forget > to save changes. > > Forbes > > On 7/28/2010 10:26 AM, Kristian Hoffmann wrote: > > Thanks for making me think about it. Last night at 7:30 we had a tower > > go down. Cause...web power switch failed and shut off all the plugs. I > > guess we'll have to try the battery trick. > > > > -Kristian > > > > On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 19:36 -0700, Kristian Hoffmann wrote: > > > >> We've had almost as many dispatches to fix/replace broken DLI web power > >> switches as we have saved dispatches from being able to remotely reboot > >> devices. At this point, we have half a dozen on the shelf that I'm > >> reluctant to send out in the field. > >> > >> On the other hand, we have some older units (pre autoping) that have > >> been running for 2-3 years in hot nasty environments. I wish we could > >> figure out what was causing the failures because, in theory, they're > >> good units and reasonably priced. > >> > >> -- > >> Kristian Hoffmann > >> System Administrator > >> [email protected] > >> http://www.fire2wire.com > >> > >> Office - 209-543-1800 | Fax - 209-545-1469 | Toll Free - 800-905-FIRE > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 19:36 -0400, Gino Villarini wrote: > >> > >>> Anyone has experience with the webpower switch? Good ? bad ? > >>> > >>> Gino A. Villarini > >>> [email protected] > >>> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > >>> 787.273.4143 > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >>> Behalf Of Cameron Crum > >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:32 PM > >>> To: WISPA General List > >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting > >>> > >>> Mine quit responding so i called in...they told me they no longer > >>> supported the paging protocol those units used. > >>> > >>> On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, Chuck Profito<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> http://www.digitalloggers.com/lpc.html > >>>> > >>>> This is the small one, there is a larger one, both have auto ping for off > >>>> line rebooting. We have them on all ap / tower sites. They a have > >>>> saved a > >>>> trip up the hill many a night! no monthly fee. > >>>> Also, put a old CB-3 into the surge side of a battery backup and your > >>>> network auto ping will know EXACTLY when the power goes down, and you > >>>> know > >>>> how long the batteries will last. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Chuck Profito > >>>> 209-988-7388 > >>>> CV-Access, Inc. > >>>> www.cv-access.com / cprofito'at'cv-access.com > >>>> Providing Broadband Internet Access to > >>>> California's Rural Central Valley > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > >>>> Behalf Of Mike Hammett > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:41 AM > >>>> To: WISPA General List > >>>> Subject: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting > >>>> > >>>> What are you guys doing for off-net rebooting? I know someone at > >>>> WISPCON years back had a pager based system. 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