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From: "Ronald C.F. Antony" <rcfa+logicaudio@...>
Date: Tue Feb 26, 2002 7:54am
Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: remote PC power switch

On Monday, February 25, 2002, at 10:49 , Elvis Presley wrote:

 >> Anyone have a clever solution for how to switch on a PC that's
 >> isolated in a closet or other enclosure. I was thinking of just
 >> extending the wire on the power/reset switch so I could take it out
 >> the closet and up to my desk but that seems inelegant.
 >
 > If you have set up network, you can remotely turn your computer on/off
 > with
 > WON (wake-on-lan) using the MAC address.
 >
 > If you have just one machine and want to turn it on/off from another
 > room,
 > your solution with an extended wire sounds quite plausible to me.

There are dedicated remote switches, that go between the computer
and the power line. They are typically used in server rooms,
where things are stowed away in racks and access from the front
panel is required. If you call up some place that specializes in
networking/server gear, they probably have some.

The much cheaper alternative is to simply use a power strip with
a switch, and leave the computer turned "on", and simply switch
the power at the far end of the supply line.

Then again, with today's power management features, there may be
little point in even turning off the computer. In sleep mode,
they comsume almost no power. Given that power spikes from switching
devices on and off are amongst the worst enemies to long life of
electronic components, that may be also the most environmentally
wise choice, if the total life-cycle is taken into account.

Ronald
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