[186248] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Modem as a service?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Josh Reynolds)
Sun Dec 6 19:13:13 2015
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Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 18:13:10 -0600
From: Josh Reynolds <josh@kyneticwifi.com>
To: James Laszko <jamesl@mythostech.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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You could always just use UPS equipment that can send out alerts on power
outages and low bat voltage. Or, use equipment that supports dying gasp.
On Dec 6, 2015 4:31 PM, "James Laszko" <jamesl@mythostech.com> wrote:
> Nah, it wasn't you! :)
>
> The solution I think we're going to go with is leveraging our existing SI=
P
> infrastructure and write scripts to dial out to the OOB Modem / Fax
> machines at the sites that are disconnected from the network. If they bo=
th
> don=E2=80=99t answer, we'll assume a power outage. If one or the other d=
oes
> answer, it'll queue up for human interaction.
>
> I wrote a script in Perl in about 15 minutes to do this. God, I'm not
> sure if I'm stuck thinking inside or outside the box anymore!
>
>
> Thanks for the replies and insights,
>
>
> James
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Karl Auer
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2015 14:17
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Modem as a service?
>
> On Sun, 2015-12-06 at 16:36 -0500, James R Cutler wrote:
> > > On Dec 6, 2015, at 2:19 PM, James Laszko <jamesl@mythostech.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > ... we don=E2=80=99t need to actually connect to the OOB modem on the=
other
> > > side, we just need a NO ANSWER/ANSWER kind of response. =E2=80=A6
> >
> > Forget modems - to probe via some kind of analog connection, just get
> > a single instrument wireless telephone with answering capability. For
> > a bonus, put some kind of identifier in the answering message: No
> > power > no answer; power > answer.
>
> I must be thick - how does that solve the problem? The OP wants to know i=
f
> a modem at a remote site will answer the phone. Maybe I misunderstood the
> problem.
>
> Regards, K.
>
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