[117644] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Seth Mattinen)
Tue Sep 22 17:16:42 2009
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:15:40 -0700
From: Seth Mattinen <sethm@rollernet.us>
To: nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0909221708110.19816@ryouko.imsb.nrc.ca>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
William F. Maton Sotomayor wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009, Shane Ronan wrote:
>
>> How do I send out an email if the network is down?
>
> I have had success using a GSM phone hooked up to the server via USB.
> (Bonus is that the server constantly 'charges' the phone). An ugly set
> of scripts deals with taking emails and changing them into SMS messages
> which are then transmitted through that phone to another.
>
I use an old 1xRTT Sprint phone and send SMS via SNPP. As a bonus, as
long as I know the IP the PPP connection has, I can SSH back as long as
whatever took out all my hardlines doesn't kill all the cell towers in
range.
~Seth
