[TriLUG] Remote Power Control

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DD-WRT and TomatoRouter have WOL capability. 

Could be as simple as having a public key authentication script to run ssh root at router /sbin/wol -i <IP> -p <MAC> for the given things that are sleeping.

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On Jul 27, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Chris Knowles <cknowles2112 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Looks like another user for the X10 line of products.  X10 would allow you
> to power on/off things around the house, and I;m familiar from ~10 years
> ago with phone answerers that would do X10 commands, so you can power
> on/off things over the phone.
> 
> Doing some google searching now, looks like there's even smart phone apps
> for X10 control.
> 
> Ze Googlez are you friend here.  'home automation' and 'x10 howto' are
> probably good first searches.
> 
> CJK
> 
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Ron Young <ronyoung at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> All,
>> 
>> I have a CentOS 5.8 machine at home and a couple of other computers running
>> windoze, ubuntu, etc.  I would like the ability to remotely power them off
>> via the internet as I have no land-line phone.  I assume I could port
>> forward to some device like a pdu using my router...I only want to power
>> off the computers - the routers could stay running.
>> 
>> The reason  -  when I am away for an extended period, my Nest thermostat
>> saves me energy by letting the temp in the house go up to 80.  That would
>> run my computers very hot in their little cabinet.  So I would like to
>> power them off when I leave and then remotely power them back up when I
>> need them.  Of course when I am finished using them remotely I can shutdown
>> / init 0 them.
>> 
>> One other bit...I can power up the other machines from the first Centos box
>> that my router forwards ssh to.   So if I could remotely WOL the linux box,
>> I may be all set come to think about it.
>> 
>> Any ideas and thoughts are appreciated.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Ron Young
>> 919-621-9015
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ronhyoung
>> 
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