[CentOS] Back-up connection

2013-08-16 Thread Timothy Murphy
Some weeks ago, I asked if anyone had set up a backup scheme for a remote server. By backup here, I mean an alternative arrangement that can be called upon if eg the DSL connection to the remote machine fails. I received one interesting reply: == At home, besides my fixed line

Re: [CentOS] Back-up connection

2013-08-16 Thread diegors
mp;ved=0CAcQsAQ ) Then some kind of magic ( :p ) with a bash script to reboot the adsl modem Diego Sanchez Sent from my mobile -Original Message- From: Timothy Murphy Sender: centos-boun...@centos.org Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 13:33:01 To: Reply-To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentO

Re: [CentOS] Back-up connection

2013-08-16 Thread Mihai T. Lazarescu
On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 01:33:01PM +0200, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Some weeks ago, I asked if anyone had set up a backup scheme for a remote > server. > By backup here, I mean an alternative arrangement that can be called upon > if eg the DSL connection to the remote machine fails. > > I received

Re: [CentOS] Back-up connection

2013-08-16 Thread Carl T. Miller
Timothy Murphy wrote: > The problem in both places is that the ADSL modem sometimes goes off, > and the only way to turn it back on seems to be > to disconnect and re-connect the power supply. I had a similar problem with a cable modem. My relatively inexpensive solution was to buy an X-10 Firecr

Re: [CentOS] Back-up connection

2013-08-16 Thread Timothy Murphy
Mihai T. Lazarescu wrote: > In case the web/CLI interface of DSL modem/router is still > responsive, you can script a reboot from the server on the > LAN when fails the ping to a set of well-know always-up hosts. Thanks very much for the suggestion, which I shall study with interest. I'm actually

Re: [CentOS] Back-up connection

2013-08-16 Thread Ken godee
On 8/16/2013 4:33 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Some weeks ago, I asked if anyone had set up a backup scheme for a remote > server. > By backup here, I mean an alternative arrangement that can be called upon > if eg the DSL connection to the remote machine fails. Not sure if this is what you are th

Re: [CentOS] Back-up connection

2013-08-16 Thread Ljubomir Ljubojevic
On 08/16/2013 01:33 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Some weeks ago, I asked if anyone had set up a backup scheme for a remote > server. > By backup here, I mean an alternative arrangement that can be called upon > if eg the DSL connection to the remote machine fails. > > I received one interesting repl

Re: [CentOS] Back-up connection

2013-08-18 Thread Devin Reade
For remote power management (including when I'm on-site and want to do it from my desk instead of the server room), I use PDUs (power distribution units) like (which is also an excellent fencing device if you're doin