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>Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:38:57 -0800 >From: Austin Schutz <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Maintenance modems and power failures > >>Most network providers are aware of the secret hiding in most of our >>POPs. Those little sporters and courier modems stuffed into a rack >>somewhere plugged into the nearest available outlet, as the only >>out-of-band access. Has anyone come up with a solution for powering >>these forgotten pieces of equipment, which doesn't cost more than >>the modem itself? >> >>At first you might think it makes sense to power them off the UPS >>which is powering the rest of your equipment. The only problem is >>if you are using the maintenance modem to monitor your UPS. This >>is just one of those things which has bugged me for a few years, but >>I still haven't come up with a solution I really like. >> > Get two modems. > >POTS ---- Modem 0 ---- Modem 1 > | | > UPS AC Utility AC > > This only really makes sense if you have your terminal server >w/ redundant power, one utility AC and the other UPS AC. Don't forget to change the settings on one of the modems so that it answers on a different number of rings. -rb ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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