[183753] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMS Gateway
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hotze)
Tue Sep 15 08:37:09 2015
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From: Martin Hotze <m.hotze@hotze.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:37:03 +0000
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> From: Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@gmail.com>
> To: Graham Johnston <johnstong@westmancom.com>
> Cc: "'nanog@nanog.org'" <nanog@nanog.org>
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> Il giorno lun, 14/09/2015 alle 14.53 +0000, Graham Johnston ha scritto:
> > Today we use a product from MultiTech Systems call MultiModem iSMS to
> send SMS text messages from our monitoring system to our on call staff.
> This is a 2G product and we need to replace it soon. I know there are mor=
e
> generic cellular modems that can do texting if you are willing to put in
> the effort, the product we use currently though has a simple HTTP based
> API specifically to send SMS. Is anybody out there using something simila=
r
> that can work on 3G or 4G networks?
> >
>=20
> Here we use SMSTools (http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/) on a Linux box
> with a Multitech Serial/USB modem. It takes formatted text files from a
> spooling directory. It never let us down since some years.
+1 for smstools.
and I'd add playsms.org
grab yourself a compatible USB 3G stick which you can switch to a modem. eg=
a HUAWEI E1762 should work. You might want to look into a device with an a=
ntenna plug so you can put the antenne out of your cabinet for better recep=
tion.
martin
