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On Tuesday 27 Jan 2004 5:40 pm, Robin Cornelius wrote:
The biggest problem we have is that the fileserver has UPS the gateway/firewall has UPS but none of the network switches are backed up! so the network collapses anyway!
:-)) I know the feeling. I realised after I posted that my router only has a single eth0 port, so keeping that running at the expense of the network switch is a little pointless! The one advantage would be that the switch comes back to life automatically while the router stays dead after a power cut - it requires a manual reset from the front panel. So if I'm around at the time of the power cut, I can change the cabling to allow one box access to the internet. If I'm not around at the time, I lose the network just for the time of the power cut but I don't lose the internet connection itself, only the means to access it. (!) Looks like I'll need two male IEC -> mains socket leads. It could also be the end of UPS power to the TFT panel! I can control most network services via the laptop as long as each network component keeps running. All that to save a few quid on the router - there's a lesson there. Alternatively, in a dastardly plot, I could plug both the router and the switch into the same male IEC -> female mains using a mains adaptor. So that's 2xPC, 1xTFT 1x(router+switch). I can't see the router or switch as requiring particularly significant power so that could work. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.codehelp.co.uk/ http://www.dclug.org.uk/ http://www.isbn.org.uk/ http://sourceforge.net/projects/isbnsearch/ http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?qs=0x8801094A28BCB3E3
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