Yeah. Been there done that. We set ours to default to ON though. I also have to be careful to turn off the "allow access from same subnet only" option. That one's dinged me a few times.
I've had 1 or two of these units fail, ever. I probably have 8 or 10 of them out there (more going in from time to time) some for many years now. laters, marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forbes Mercy" <forbes.me...@wabroadband.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting > Most common mistake made with the Web Power Switch units is the default > is to leave plugs off when losing power, we change those settings to > restore to previous state on power loss, problem solved. Don't forget > to save changes. > > Forbes > > On 7/28/2010 10:26 AM, Kristian Hoffmann wrote: >> Thanks for making me think about it. Last night at 7:30 we had a tower >> go down. Cause...web power switch failed and shut off all the plugs. I >> guess we'll have to try the battery trick. >> >> -Kristian >> >> On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 19:36 -0700, Kristian Hoffmann wrote: >> >>> We've had almost as many dispatches to fix/replace broken DLI web power >>> switches as we have saved dispatches from being able to remotely reboot >>> devices. At this point, we have half a dozen on the shelf that I'm >>> reluctant to send out in the field. >>> >>> On the other hand, we have some older units (pre autoping) that have >>> been running for 2-3 years in hot nasty environments. I wish we could >>> figure out what was causing the failures because, in theory, they're >>> good units and reasonably priced. >>> >>> -- >>> Kristian Hoffmann >>> System Administrator >>> kh...@fire2wire.com >>> http://www.fire2wire.com >>> >>> Office - 209-543-1800 | Fax - 209-545-1469 | Toll Free - 800-905-FIRE >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 2010-07-27 at 19:36 -0400, Gino Villarini wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone has experience with the webpower switch? Good ? bad ? >>>> >>>> Gino A. Villarini >>>> g...@aeronetpr.com >>>> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >>>> 787.273.4143 >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On >>>> Behalf Of Cameron Crum >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 6:32 PM >>>> To: WISPA General List >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting >>>> >>>> Mine quit responding so i called in...they told me they no longer >>>> supported the paging protocol those units used. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, July 27, 2010, Chuck Profito<cprof...@cv-access.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> http://www.digitalloggers.com/lpc.html >>>>> >>>>> This is the small one, there is a larger one, both have auto ping for >>>>> off >>>>> line rebooting. We have them on all ap / tower sites. They a have >>>>> saved a >>>>> trip up the hill many a night! no monthly fee. >>>>> Also, put a old CB-3 into the surge side of a battery backup and your >>>>> network auto ping will know EXACTLY when the power goes down, and you >>>>> know >>>>> how long the batteries will last. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Chuck Profito >>>>> 209-988-7388 >>>>> CV-Access, Inc. >>>>> www.cv-access.com / cprofito'at'cv-access.com >>>>> Providing Broadband Internet Access to >>>>> California's Rural Central Valley >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] >>>>> On >>>>> Behalf Of Mike Hammett >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:41 AM >>>>> To: WISPA General List >>>>> Subject: [WISPA] Off-net rebooting >>>>> >>>>> What are you guys doing for off-net rebooting? I know someone at >>>>> WISPCON years back had a pager based system. 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