Post #231,350
10/28/05 12:31:14 PM
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no internet connection except for dialup?
why not use the modem to direct dial the phone and callerID should alert you that home is in trouble. Once the connection is made Im not sure the phone will understand the modem. thanx, bill
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Post #231,357
10/28/05 12:50:14 PM
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Yup
That's the point. I'm constructing a monitoring workstation.server. Xeon. - not dual yet, but will probably require it. PCI-X and PCI-Express slots. 9 Gbit ports - 7 copper, 2 fiber. Room for a bunch more. Will be running ntop and tcpdump in logging/capture mode. Will be tracking almost all our corporate network traffic, with the Ciscos mirroring the key routing ports. So one of the things it needs to do is alert on certain conditions. One of the conditions is a total network outage. And yes, I though about call-id dialing, but this has to also go to help desk staff, which really needs more than a phantom phone call.
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Post #231,361
10/28/05 12:53:50 PM
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Got it. you need an isp.
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Post #231,370
10/28/05 1:37:13 PM
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the following may help
I would suggest cellular because in a total network outage, land lines may be down as well [link|http://www.landlinesms.com/|http://www.landlinesms.com/] brit made, you would have to check for compatibility
this appears to be the best bet so you could send SMS messages to an on call cell phone [link|http://www.arcelect.com/CDMA_Digital_cellular_multi-mode_data_modem.htm|http://www.arcelect....de_data_modem.htm] of course mapping SMS messages via AT commands could seriously suck gluck bill
"the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli
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Post #231,373
10/28/05 1:51:41 PM
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Good source. But no prices?
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Post #231,374
10/28/05 2:09:09 PM
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If you have to ask ...
... oh wait, you probably can afford it. You have an obscene budget. But then, you are a spammer. <ifs />
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Post #231,375
10/28/05 2:11:49 PM
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well a cell modem for a laptop is $300 thereabouts
this has another layer to the command set so prolly pricier. thanx, bill
"the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link|mailto:pappas@catholic.org|email pappas at catholic.org]
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Post #231,438
10/28/05 7:17:37 PM
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Alternate approach
Monitor for network outage from a machine at another site.
If a monitor there doesn't get hear a regular ping, it sets off alarms.
Cheers, Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #231,443
10/28/05 7:57:46 PM
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Reasonable
Thanks
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