Yep, agreed in certain situations a hardware gateway is more useful. That is what I listed as item #1. A small Mikrotik Router + USB Cell Stick of your choice. make for a very inexpensive, flexible gateway.
http://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/CO10/day1/03-arnis_3g.pdf (quiet a few options for different form-factors) http://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/US11/us11-brian.pdf 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: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Scott Fisher" <littlefish...@gmail.com> > To: "Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappytelecom.net> > Cc: "John Levine" <jo...@iecc.com>, "nanog list" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 3:55:07 PM > Subject: Re: SMS gateways > 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 < fai...@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: supp...@snappytelecom.net >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Scott Fisher" < littlefish...@gmail.com > >> > To: "John Levine" < jo...@iecc.com > >> > Cc: "nanog list" < nanog@nanog.org > >> > 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 < jo...@iecc.com > 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. >> > -- >> > Scott > -- > Scott
