APC Back-UPS NS Network 40 BN4001 - UPS - AC 120 V - 257 Watt - 450 VA - USB - output connectors: 8 - United States - black

from mrburke

I bought this to keep my home's network up during power failures. It worked perfectly until the first time to power dipped. We were awakened by a very loud alarm. I don't care if the power goes out at 2:00 am. So I tried to disable the audio alarm and guess what ? You can't ! So unless you like ...

from Bummed

I bought this model because it protects your network cable instead of your phone cable. Unfortunately, it doesn't communicate with the computer to run the PowerChute auto-shutdown program, so it won't shut down your computer if the power goes out in the middle of the night. You would think it wou...

from Prince

I like APC's other products and have 4 of them in my house. Unlike the other products which I really like, the BN4001 does not allow you to disable alarms, a real problem for me. In addition, there is not software to interact with the product according to the Chat agent, though I can see the devi...

from steve13565

In the store, I noticed that this unit had a higher power rating than a more expensive unit. I could not see any other difference between the two units. I thought I was oh so clever to get the deal by buying the higher rated product. I did not realize that this unit does not talk to the computer...

from Chew

I purchased this product after reading the box which promised network protection. I expected to find software to communicate with the device, as a network device, for monitoring purposes. How can a UPS protect the network if it cannot be monitored, programmed, and controlled via the network? Othe...