[61751] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ethernet-based temperature sensors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ian Mason)
Thu Sep 4 10:21:48 2003
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 15:11:35 +0100
To: wb8foz@nrk.com, nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
From: Ian Mason <nanog@ian.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200309041159.HAA05630@sigma.nrk.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 12:59 04/09/2003, David Lesher wrote:
>Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, matthew zeier wrote:
> >
> > > I know this has been mentioned before, but other than NetBotz (too
> pricey),
> > > what are people use as ethernet-based, SNMP-probable temp sensors?
> >
> > http://www.jacarta.co.uk
>
>Argh -- $$$$
>
>There used to be "spider" sensors that were cheap but I heard
>they shut down. What you need is something based on those "stamp"
>CPU's but I donno who is making such...
Turning the question around, what sort of price point are you looking at? A
guesstimate says that there's $150 worth of *parts* in a box just to do
temperature monitoring that will take an EtherNet connection (unless you
were manufacturing a gazillion of them).
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