[117744] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: SMS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron D. Osgood)
Wed Sep 30 20:25:49 2009
From: "Aaron D. Osgood" <AOsgood@Streamline-Solutions.net>
To: "'Robert E. Seastrom'" <rs@seastrom.com>,
"'William Herrin'" <herrin-nanog@dirtside.com>
In-Reply-To: <86zl8d5iro.fsf@seastrom.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:24:50 -0400
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Reply-To: AOsgood@Streamline-Solutions.net
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
We have created a workaround to that issue with our package when used with
the MultiTech line of modems (ALL flavors - GSM and CDMA - USB, Serial, or
Ethernet)
Aaron D. Osgood
Streamline Solutions L.L.C
P.O. Box 6115
Falmouth, ME 04105
TEL: 207-781-5561
FAX: 615-704-8067
MOBILE: 207-831-5829
AOsgood@Streamline-Solutions.net
http://www.streamline-solutions.net
Introducing Efficiency to Business since 1986.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert E. Seastrom [mailto:rs@seastrom.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:22 PM
To: William Herrin
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: SMS
William Herrin <herrin-nanog@dirtside.com> writes:
> The Multitech Multimodem GPRS model MTCBA-G-EN-F4 has an ethernet
> port. Add a SIM card from your favorite wireless carrier and you can
> send and receive SMS messages via "AT" commands over a TCP socket.
> Problem is, it seizes up or otherwise founders every few weeks and has
> to be power cycled.
>
> Has anyone heard of other products with a good reliability record?
Sorry to be late to add to the hate, but the MacOSX drivers for the
USB flavor (MTCBA-G-U-F4) have issues. Finally got it running on a
standalone Intel mini that we use just for text messages. :-P
-r
