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Re: Remote Reboot




Are you using homeseer?

A plugin pings an ip address and sets a flag accordingly, you could use
this
to ping an external ip address and if not there then switch off / on the
router. A good ip address to ping is your ISP's dns servers.

J

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Fletcher" <timfletcher@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Remote Reboot


>
> I know this has been aired before, but I have the requirement to
> powercycle
> a piece of equipment (Linksys WAG54G Router) remotely - with as little
kit
> as possible - anyone done anything similar.  I was perhaps thinking of
> getting the vibration module of a PAYG mobile modified to act as a
relay
> and
> cycle the power.  No current - 12V.
>
> TIA
>
> Tim
>
> ps Please nobody point out that if I had bought the Vigor Router that
was
> recommended by the list I wouldn't have this sodding problem as it has
> already been noted  ; (((
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>




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