[Tfug] "Opening" a physical ethernet connection

[vaca at grazeland.com]

Why not use a managed switch and just shut off the port?  That would be the standard way of doing that...

On May 1, 2013, at 3:38 AM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a couple of different places where I want to be
> able to selectively "open" ("break") an existing ethernet
> connection.  I.e., effectively "unplug" a cable -- without
> having to physically perform this action.
> 
> (and, do this "on the cheap")
> 
> If the cables were passing "DC", a simple (toggle) switch would
> give me the functionality that I seek (i.e., a *relay* if I
> wanted to do this "remotely").
> 
> [This, of course, is not practical!]
> 
> I *think* the easiest/cheapest way of doing this would
> be to insert a small (network) switch in-line and just yank
> the power to that device when I want to "open" the connection.
> 
> Is there some *other* device that is designed to "open" such
> a connection, on demand?
> 
> Thx,
> --don
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Tucson Free Unix Group - tfug at tfug.org
> Subscription Options:
> http://www.tfug.org/mailman/listinfo/tfug_tfug.org