Switchport timeout?

[tklamb]

Can anyone tell me if there is a method to shutdown an interface after a specified period of time?

I have data jacks in public areas (meeting rooms, etc) that I typically leave shutdown but it would be nice no shut them for a specified period of time so I don't have to remember to got back and manually shut them again.

thanks.

 

[Flyers01]

you can use kron or you can config to start up and set the reload at later time and date

 

[tklamb]

thx Flyers01, could you give me more detail. Don't understand what you mean.

 

[North323]

he means you can create a kron job which is like a scheduled task in Winblows. or cron job in linux. or you can reboot your switch at some time in the future. log on to switch and go to config t mode
reload ? will give you several other options

 

[burtsbees]

I'd do the KRON job. More control, more specific. I use it for NAT XLATEs (clear) and clearing interface counters.

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[tklamb]

Thanks for you're replies! From what I read about KRON jobs you can only schedule repeated events at the same time besides it doesn't appear I have the proper version. But I did find a solution though... by using a freeware app called Kiwi CatTools I can schedule it to run predefined commands on any switch in the network whenever I chose.

Seems to work great.