[102394] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [nanog] Re: Network Notifcation - SMS via Verizon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Evans)
Mon Feb 11 09:11:40 2008
From: Matthew Evans <mevans@alphatheory.com>
To: "Jeremy T. Bouse" <jeremy.bouse@undergrid.net>
CC: nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:10:31 -0500
In-Reply-To: <200802111355.m1BDtOA8087108@himinbjorg.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Our monitoring server lives in a physically (and geographically) separate d=
ata center. We've used the SMS Gateway services like usa.bulksms.com, but w=
e've found that number@vtext.com is very effective and just as reliable.
Matthew Evans, MCSA
Alpha Theory | "the right decision, every time."
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Subject: Re: [nanog] Re: Network Notifcation - SMS via Verizon
> The other side of this besides the delayed receiving of messages is
> with monitoring you want to get the alerts even if your network is down
> and unable to send via email to your pager, cellphone, etc. Having an
> out of band method to get those alerts out on criticial alerts is
> paramount. I've used Nagios for many years but unfortunately have never
> worked with sending through Verizon. I've had decent experience using
> Sprint's gateways sending to my phone with minimal delay.
>
Our solution, crufty as it might be, was that our monitoring
server has a modem on it. As long as the pots lines are up, we just
have it ring the on-call cell phone. When you see the caller ID, you
know its time to get to a terminal. Usually our 10digit@verizon would
follow 10-15 seconds later.
Tuc/TBOH
