Re: [Apcupsd-users] Using the SU-3000's ethernet interface

[David W. <lui...@ya...>]

--- Neal Murphy <nea...@al...> wrote:
> Yup. I could do that. But that still requires the
> 'master' to
> be connected to the UPS via serial cable.

Well..yes.  Something has to...

> I want to connect each host to the UPS via ethernet.
> After all, isn't
> that what the ethernet interface is supposed to
> accomplish?
> 
> Or, at the very least, connect one system (the
> master, I suppose) to
> the UPS via ethernet and have the other systems
> connect to the master.
> 
> But I don't want to have to use a serial cable. The
> whole point of buying
> these UPSen with ethernet interfaces was to
> eliminate the need for
> the serial cables.
> 
> Or have I completely misunderstood the functionality
> of the APC UPS
> ethernet interface, in that the UPSen can only be
> operated/monitored/
> controlled using a serial cable interface? Which
> would make the ethernet
> interface rather pointless and worthless....

It's not worthless.  It does power spike protection. 
You hook your computer to the UPS, and the UPS to the
network.  Granted this functionality is much more
useful on RJ-11 phone cords than RJ-45 ethernet
cables, but could still be useful depending on the situation.

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