[sllug-members]: A USB device that can power cycle a DSL modem?

[Lonnie Olson]

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Marc Christensen <marc at mecworks.com> wrote:
> So, what I'd like to have is a USB device that can simply trigger a
> relay that the modem plugs into and preferably know what the state of
> the switch is.

There are a lot of UPSs that have management interfaces.  Some serial,
USB, or even network.  With these you can simply monitor your modem,
and trigger a power reset in the event of failure.  APC has some
options with these capabilities at pretty good prices.

--lonnie