Re: OT? Modem based router status software?

On 18 Oct 2005 18:54:20 -0700, "darktiger" <darktiger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

~ Hello,
~ So, I have one Windows Server 2000 box at work that has a 56K modem...
~ (I have more servers, but only one with a modem). Does anyone know of
~ the opensource/free /less than $100 software that pings certain devices
~ (routers, switches, etc) and if they don't respond after, say, 4 pings
~ it dials a phone number (like cell) and tells you the system is down?
~
~ I would google this, but I have no clue what term to use...
~
~ Thanks for the help,
~ Scott B.

A lotta guys would use something like perl for this. For the
"dials a phone number" bit, I'd just have the perl (or whatever)
script open a TCP connection to an always-up SMTP server and
transmit the message (to the cell phone's message address.)
Actually, come to think of it, with this scheme, you don't need
the modem.

Aaron
.

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