Options for Nagios Sending SMS Messages

[Jamie Baddeley]

>From an NZ point of view:

I'm guessing that you've got multiple cellular service providers. The 
challenge is then making sure the recepient cellphones are on the networks 
you're planning to connect to. This means you need to have a carrier agnostic 
approach.

We use SonicMobile. Countries are unimportant to them. I just throw my mail 
at them and they sort the rest out.

If your carriers are using GSM then things are better because interconnection 
points can be any GSM network (globally). I'm not sure if the CDMA networks 
have the same level of global roaming. This global-ness is good because 
interconnect is competitive (you actually have a choice).

http://www.sonicmobile.com/

The other approach I've contemplating is jamming txt messages up a locally 
connected cellphone, but frankly I've got other things to worry about.

The usual challenge is making the transfer delay through the cellular network 
faster than through a paging network. If you're in the City where the 
cellsites are loaded with Generation Txt'ers, then delay might be a problem. 
For some reason GSM seems to prioritise radio interface sourced txt vs data 
interconnect sourced txt.... Which is a factor in my thinking about jamming 
it up a locally connected cellphone.

jamie



On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 18:11, Gary MacMinn wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> From an Australian point of view, what options do I have for getting Nagios
> to report issues to my mobile via SMS?
>
> Any thoughts appreciated,
>
> Gary MacMinn
> Network Support Engineer
> Department of Emergency Services
> =================================
> +61 7 3109 5084
> +61 7 3247 8665 (fax)
> =================================
> gmacminn at emergency.qld.gov.au
> =================================


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