Fwd: [Nut-upsuser] Will MGE-UPS Ellipse USBS auto shutdown?

[Peter Selinger]

Ben wrote:
> 
> On 8/13/06, Peter Selinger <selinger at mathstat.dal.ca> wrote:
> > Ben,
> >
> > Not all UPS hardward and not all drivers support ondelay/offdelay.  In
> > any case, you should let your system shutdown script kill the UPS, at
> > the very end, after all the disks have been mounted read-only, and
> > just before the system is normally halted. This will turn off your
> > computer safely. -- Peter
> 
> Ok, so if I want to use a UPS for a router, then I need to attach a
> computer to the UPS as well, to ensure the UPS shuts down at a certain
> point, otherwise the router will continue to use the battery and the
> UPS will not deactivate itself before it reaches an unsafe level?

No, because a router does not have a shutdown procedure. Therefore,
there is no "unsafe" way of shutting down a router - you simply unplug
it. In other words, just attach the router to a UPS, and do nothing. 
The UPS will supply power as long as possible, and as soon as
possible, and no driver is required. 

-- Peter