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Re: SMS gateways


From: Scott Fisher <littlefishguy () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 15:55:07 -0500

I am well aware of email-to-sms, but that is dependant on
links/infrastructure that you are monitoring. (Think of it like having your
Nagios system running on the same hypervisor as your other production gear.
What happens if the hypervisor drops? How would you know?)

The hardware sms gateway allows for true oob notifications.

On Thursday, January 7, 2016, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal () snappytelecom net>
wrote:

There are multiple ways to skin this cat !.

No, not familiar with this product...

However..

1) You know that you can send sms messages via email to pretty much any
cell phone.

2) Personal Preference, if I was doing so, I would do it with a small
mikrotik router + usb cell modem, very inexpensive, especially when
combined with a M2M plan.

Regards.

Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet & Telecom
7266 SW 48 Street
Miami, FL 33155
Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232

Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: Support () Snappytelecom net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Fisher" <littlefishguy () gmail com <javascript:;>>
To: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com <javascript:;>>
Cc: "nanog list" <nanog () nanog org <javascript:;>>
Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 3:34:42 PM
Subject: Re: SMS gateways

Does anyone having experience getting this to work on US networks?

http://www.smsfoxbox.it/en/foxbox-lx800-gateway-100.html/

I am interested on getting this working with our Nagios notifications.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 9:40 PM, John Levine <johnl () iecc com
<javascript:;>> wrote:
Thanks for those pointers. The "mega bill" problem is one I have to
avoid. We
used to use ISDN as backup to T1 circuits,
but had to abandon that after some wayward fail-overs resulted in $5000
phone
bills. I'll check the plan overage terms
carefully!

Sounds like an excellent application for a $10/mo prepaid plan on
something like Tracfone.  If disaster strikes and you need a lot of
data one month, you can add extra credit directly from the phone.




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Scott



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Scott


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