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Cheap Remote Reboot from WAN

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DJFuji

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Need a cheap solution to remotely reboot my home server if it freezes up. It doesn't happen very often but when it does, i'm unable to FTP/RDP in until i get home and manually reboot. Ebay has some Ethernet-based remote reboot controllers ebay but i'm wondering if those would work. IIRC, ATX PSUs have a soft switch. So if you cut their power and then restore (as the box claims to do), it doesn't automatically come back up. Doesn't this negate the whole purpose of such a device?

I have an Antec NeoPower 480. You'd think that a $120 PSU would come with some sort of I/O interface to control it. Anyone have any other ideas? Maybe an IP-based device that could emulate the "reset" button switch on the case?
 
Configure your bios to resume previous state on power failure, or wake on power loss. Should work fine.
If your motherboard does not support these features then it will not start.

Could also send the server a WoL Packet if your NIC supports it, which pretty much all of them do. Although WoL is a bit tricky to get working sometimes.
 
Ahh didn't think about WoL. That should do the trick.

Is there a cheaper solution than these devices?
 
Does your mobo have the WatchDog feature? It reboots when the machine hangs... Never really used it for much, but it's there.
 
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