PCI-based intelligent power strip for IP addressability?

Is there such a thing as a PCI card that you can plug into an old,
cast-off x86 box, to control 1 or more 110 Volt US power connections, to
get remote, IP-based power cycling of equipment at a low cost?

If yes, are there any that work with linux?

Perhaps better still, does anyone have a "do it yourself" website about
how to build one?

Thanks!

On Wed, 04 May 2005 00:26:40 GMT, Dan Stromberg
<strombrg@dcs.nac.uci.edu> wrote:

>
>Is there such a thing as a PCI card that you can plug into an old,
>cast-off x86 box, to control 1 or more 110 Volt US power connections, to
>get remote, IP-based power cycling of equipment at a low cost?
>
>If yes, are there any that work with linux?
>
>Perhaps better still, does anyone have a "do it yourself" website about
>how to build one?
>
>Thanks!

Not IP based, but serial port interface power control devices.
http://www.eeci.com Look for the AR devices. Never used them under
linux, but they should work. There's some C code on my wiki (DOS and
OS/2) to work with the AR-2... Should work for linux too.

Mike-

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On Wed, 04 May 2005 00:26:40 +0000, Dan Stromberg wrote:

>
> Is there such a thing as a PCI card that you can plug into an old,
> cast-off x86 box, to control 1 or more 110 Volt US power connections, to
> get remote, IP-based power cycling of equipment at a low cost?
>
> If yes, are there any that work with linux?
>
> Perhaps better still, does anyone have a "do it yourself" website about
> how to build one?
>
> Thanks!

Try looking at X10 stuff

Jon