Subject: RE: 10BaseT disconnect relay?
From: shortpier (shortpier@shortpier.is-a-geek.com)
Date: Mon Dec 08 2003 - 23:11:12 AKST
Another idea Wake On lan? on the nic?
Another Idea is use Webmin to turn off and on the VPN/Connect
my 2 pieces of copper clad zinc
Shortpier
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 01:04, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> Lee,
>
> A possibility.
>
> It seems like a lot of the mobos have wake-on-ring capability. Build the
> firewall in one of these with your switch tied to the ring-indicator =
> (RI) on
> the serial port. Add to the startup scripts a cron job that puts the
> firewall back to sleep in an hour.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aklug-bounce@aklug.org [mailto:aklug-bounce@aklug.org] On Behalf =
> Of
> Lee
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:14 AM
> To: aklug@aklug.org
> Subject: 10BaseT disconnect relay?
>
>
> Howdy folks,
>
> I've got a client who is finally interested in dipping a toe in the =
> water
> with remote access. No big. Except....
>
> He wants to install a timeout activation relay either=20
>
> 1. in the phone line that the DSL comes in on,=20
> or=20
> 2. in the 10BaseT (cat5) link between the DSL modem and the =
> firewall.
>
> This disconnect will be normally open (disconnecting his internals from =
> the
> world), and will fail open. When someone needs access, the dispatcher =
> will
> activate the relay, (preferably from the operator's console), closing =
> the
> physical connection. The foreman or whoever then does their remote =
> access
> thing. Activation of the connection also startes a timer which will
> automatically deactivate the connection (opening it) after, say, an =
> hour.
>
> I can, of course, make such a thing for the telco line, but before I =
> went to
> that effort, I thought I'd see if anybody knew of something off the =
> shelf.
>
> thanx,
>
> Lee
>
>
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