[hobbit] Sort of off topic (gsm modems)

[Rob MacGregor]

On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Phil Wild <philwild at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi hobbit users,
>
> We have a gsm modem hooked up to a hobbit server. It actually resides
> offsite in another data centre. Today, the modem locked up and I now need to
> travel to the site to power the thing off and on.
>
> has anybody experience with some sort of device that can do this remotely?
> ideally, I would love to have some sort of black box that plugs into the usb
> port of my linux based hobbit server. If we detect that the modem has
> stopped working, we can send some sort of signal to switch the power off and
> then back on...

APC do rack mountable ones that have both web interfaces and a
telnet/SSH interface.  The ones we use have 8 power sockets, each
individually switched.

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