I had more or less the same experience with APC Masterswitches (fried a few of 
those) ;) + the included free backdoors and default admin passwords and write 
communities (I got my whole platform shutdown by someone once). I guess YMMV.

> On 30 Apr 2018, at 21:49, Ben Cannon <b...@6by7.net> wrote:
> 
> I want to love these, but I’ve had enough problems (3 bad units, one 8 port 
> wiped it’s config and reset itself) causing outages, out of the 6 or so 
> devices I’ve deployed, to ever use them in a critical production role.
> 
>> On Apr 30, 2018, at 12:19 PM, Michel 'ic' Luczak <li...@benappy.com> wrote:
>> 
>> If rack-mount is not a hard requirement, I would definitely look into 
>> Ubiquiti’s mPower range. You will find anything from a single socket (WiFi 
>> only) to a 6 socket PDU (WiFi and Ethernet, probably 8 sockets for US but 
>> I’m in Europe) with central management system (free) and detailed 
>> consumption graphs and costs if you provide the kWh cost.
>> 
>> I’m running many of those with the controller/management software installed 
>> remotely in a central location and have several alerts and automation 
>> scripts setup when consumption goes beyond a certain level (meaning the 
>> equipment has crashed).
>> 
>> https://www.ubnt.com/mfi/mpower/
>> 
>> Regards, Michel
>> 
>>> On 27 Apr 2018, at 17:46, Andy Ringsmuth <a...@newslink.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I’m sure many here are familiar with or using/have used devices to remotely 
>>> power cycle equipment. I’m considering a Dataprobe iBoot-G2 and am curious 
>>> if you’ve had experience with it, or other recommendations.
>>> 
>>> I only need one outlet to be remotely power cycle-able. I have one piece of 
>>> equipment that is occasionally a little flaky and, well, you know the 
>>> hassle.
>>> 
>>> What do people recommend? There seem to be plenty out there which are more 
>>> designed to auto-reboot when Internet connectivity is lost, aka remotely 
>>> reboot the ‘ol cable modem for instance, but that’s not my scenario.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>> 
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>> 
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