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From: bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Bruce W. Mohler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: the PC as a power strip
Keywords: PC power controller
Message-ID: <9251@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Date: 21 Mar 90 17:03:51 GMT
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We have an application with many PC's working as file servers
in remote locations that often require a power on/power off
in order to reboot them to clear a problem.  However, because
they are in a remote location, this means that a technician has
to travel to that location just to perform this task.  (Note
the powering on/off is a last resort when the software has
gotten so "honked up" that you can't ask it to reboot the system
itself)

Does anyone know of a card/peripheral that might allow a separate
"maintenance" PC to control power to these file servers?  It
would be co-located with them probably with secured dial-up access
(is that an oxymoron?) so that the technician, rather than traveling
to the site, would dial up the "maintenance" PC and have it power
on/off the file server in trouble.

Does anything like this exist?

Thanks, in advance.

Bruce

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Bruce W. Mohler
Systems Programmer (aka Staff Analyst)
bruno@sdcc10.ucsd.edu
voice: 619/586-2218