[157199] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wired access to SMS?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Brown)
Wed Oct 10 14:51:38 2012
From: Richard Brown <richard.e.brown@dartware.com>
To: "<nanog@nanog.org>" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:51:05 +0000
In-Reply-To: <mailman.2610.1349892161.12739.nanog@nanog.org>
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On Oct 10, 2012, at 2:02 PM, Bill Herrin wrote:
> What about finding someplace offsite and setting up a persistent PPP
> connection with modems (of the POTS variety) between it and home base?
> Put half the modems there and maybe a low power Atom server with hooks
> to send alerts like "connection to home hasn't come back after X redials"=
.
>=20
> I do something similar by having cheap DSL with a provider I don't have
> any other services with to provide a outside world view of things. I
> have a POTS line there too that can auto-dial back home if needed.
If we're looking for belt and suspenders solutions (when you lose your prim=
ary WAN connection and the cell modems are jammed up...)
You could also hitch up an analog modem to a POTS line, and then let your p=
aging software dial your cell/home number. You won't hear anything, but the=
CallerID will let you know that your monitoring system is *desperately* tr=
ying to get in touch :-)
Rich Brown richard.e.brown@dartware.com
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66-7 Benning Street Telephone: 603-643-9600
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