What about having the computer from which you don't want an ethernet cable unplugged make a noise when it is unplugged?
-wes On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Michael C. Robinson < [email protected]> wrote: > I am interested in a specialty part that should be easy to make. > The problem with patch cables is that they can be unplugged. I > have Internet connected lines going to servers where the lines > themselves are filtered by those servers. If the cables are > unplugged, the servers are effectively bypassed. I want an > obnoxious alarm that I can put inside the steel lockbox, one for > each patch cable. If you unplug one of these patch cables, the > alarm goes off. Better yet, an alarm goes off and no transmission > through the patch cable is allowed until it is plugged back into the > appropriate ethernet card. So effectively, I want to detect the MAC > address and link status. Unplug the patch cable, the alarm sounds. > Plug the cable into the wrong computer, the alarm continues. I want > this to be as loud as a smoke detector. > > Does anyone make a 10/100 ethernet switch with an alarm based on > MAC address feature? It should be easy to make a device equipped > with an alarm and an AC connection that detects disconnect, but > detecting a foreign computer plugged in is trickier. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
