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Hi Jollyrgr and Mr Al, Yes, I understood the Static IP assignments for the router and NAS. Thanks for clarifying though. All clients remain DHCP clients. I have made the changes and only time will tell. Just because a consumer grade device has a static IP doesn't mean it will be free of reboots. I d...

Hi All again, Thanks again for the discussion. All of the input thus far is being digested as far as my brain and time allows. To answer a couple of the more recent questions. Static IPs. (jollyrgr) Yes...good idea and that has now been half implemented. The DNS 323 NAS was easy. The router (Linksys...

Engineer1138,

Thanks for your post.

Yep...I want to build this as a practical project....so a micro and relays it is.

Now...the philosophy has been decided. Onto the actual design.

Cheers,
NM

Len, Thanks for chiming in. I will try the cap trick on the NAS. That was a good aside. I think I will go the micro route because I might think of some other intelligence to build into it. (Like sensing loss of power and then performing my newly created "controlled boot sequence") I'll hav...

I was trolling the net and came across this. (reprinted without permission but credited to Rob Paisley)

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Multiply by three, with different values for each timer and maybe this should be the foundation.....or not.

Thanks for replying chaps....much appreciated. Unfortunately the Power Center idea won't work as it stands. I do want the "boot sequence" to be automated. (Also, I was hoping for this to be a fun project to build..and hopefully learn things along the way) Building a timer control inside th...

Dear All, I'm wondering if I may ask for some ideas, but firstly the problem. I have a cable modem, a router and Network Attached Storage all working perfectly. 3 different boxes working in perfect harmony serving our household....until power is lost, or the cable company has a disruption or somethi...