two computers, one UPS, one USB... help!

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h0mersimps0n

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• Aug 21, 2002

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well thats pretty much my dilemma. I have one UPS with a USB connection from it to my one computer. But I have my second server here and I want to protect that as well. All I do is have my computers hibernate upon powerouttage (it happened today and it worked great for my main comp).

my question is:

manually or otherwise is there ANY possible way to split the USB to feed both computers to tell them to hibernate? How about APC software? Anyone do this?

 

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• Aug 21, 2002

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Would it work if you split the wire and made 2 connections? Either way thats a good question.

 

ThePunkGeek

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• Aug 22, 2002

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usb hub ?

 

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• Aug 22, 2002

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ThePunkGeek said:

usb hub ?

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I was just about to suggest that.

 

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CrystalMethod said:

I was just about to suggest that.

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lucky me i beat u

 

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I don't think a USB hub would work...

 

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just cut up two usb cables and splice them together. Then test it to see if it works.

The only problem I would see is if the UPS ecpected feedback from the server(s). Then you would have trouble.

 

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• Aug 22, 2002

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I don't think doing a splice would work, 'cause USB is meant for a single computer, not distributing between multiple. Hubbing would also not work as there will only be one downstream port. The best solution might be to send a hibernate command over the network from the machine connected to the USB. You might be able to find a shareware out there that can do it.