[Tfug] "Opening" a physical ethernet connection

[John M]

It appears a managed switch is too simple.  I would suggest a Rube Goldberg
machine to assist you in your quest.



On Wednesday, May 1, 2013, Bexley Hall wrote:

> On 5/1/2013 6:50 AM, vaca at grazeland.com wrote:
>
>> Why not use a managed switch and just shut off the port?  That
>> would be the standard way of doing that...
>>
>
> A managed switch requires you to be seated at a "console"
> (i.e., *some* device that can talk on the wire) in order to
> issue the command to busy out the port.
>
> [Alternatively, wire a toggle switch/pushbutton to an unused
> input on a device that *is* "on-line"; have that device monitor
> that switch and issue the necessary commands on your behalf
> when the switch is actuated]
>
> The "unplug the cable"/"flip the toggle switch" analogy
> only requires you to have a physical presence to affect the
> desired change...
>
>
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