Re: Web Enabled Time/Temp/Humidity and I/O Controller

["Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"RickH" wrote:
>
> The problem is WOL still requires you to have at least one computer already
> powered up...

O solved that with my web servers about 10 years ago using a power strip with
an IP connection.  Using any browser I could power up, down or reset up to 8
different devices, one at time or all at once, depending on the command.  The
IP address was not listed with the DNS and was not part of my main sequence
(to keep nasties away).  Once online I a username & password brought up the
menu.

The device was more costly than the unit in consideration but it could
eliminate your problem of needing to leave one machine up and running all the
time.  My new Dell servers have built-in IP-controlled power and reside behind
a hardware firewall so the unit is no longer needed.

I gave it to a helpful participant in AHA some years ago.  I don't recall but
it *may* have been Marc H.  I'm certain these thing are less expensive now
than a dozen years ago when I bought it since they're very simple devices.  If
Marc has it, perhaps he can tell you the manufacturer, which I've long since
forgotten.

Meanwhile, there's an outfit called Dataprobe http://dataprobe.com in New
Jersey that makes several similar models.  Another place, Bomara, makes a
2-unit IP strip for about $200. http://www.bomara.com/cps/n-ac2.htm.

Hope some of this is useful to you.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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