Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:36:45 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org>, Freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FBSD-friendly UPS for home needs Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070825153524.02687ec0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <19b45665395c7bf4ad37b40b0c3efca4@szalbot.homedns.org> References: <19b45665395c7bf4ad37b40b0c3efca4@szalbot.homedns.org>
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At 11:15 AM 8/25/2007, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am going to get a UPS device for my home freebsd gateway/router and
>wonder if there is anything that you would recommend? At work I use APC
>units and there is a dedicated software to manage it (apcupsd). Not sure if
>that's the case with other manufacturers? I'd like to get something that
>could be managed by software and at the some time not too expensive... you
>know home budget...erm...
>
>Well, many thanks for all recommendations!
>
>
>Zbigniew Szalbot
I use nut from the ports. I have had no problem with UPS's that have a
serial interface. Some USB interfaces work, some do not. So I would use a
UPS with a seral interface assuming you have a free serial port on the server.
-Derek
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