RE: SMS Gateway

["Gary T. Giesen" <ggiesen+nanog () giesen me>]

Another option might be an analog modem + phone line + carrier TAP gateway
(if your carrier(s) has/have one). Might or might not be more
cost-effective.

GTG

> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Martin
> Hotze
> Sent: September 15, 2015 8:37 AM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: SMS Gateway
>
> > From: Leonardo Arena <rnalrd () gmail com>
> > To: Graham Johnston <johnstong () westmancom com>
> > Cc: "'nanog () nanog org'" <nanog () nanog org>
> >
> > Il giorno lun, 14/09/2015 alle 14.53 +0000, Graham Johnston ha scritto:
> > > Today we use a product from MultiTech Systems call MultiModem iSMS
> > > to
> > send SMS text messages from our monitoring system to our on call staff.
> > This is a 2G product and we need to replace it soon. I know there are
> > more generic cellular modems that can do texting if you are willing to
> > put in the effort, the product we use currently though has a simple
> > HTTP based API specifically to send SMS. Is anybody out there using
> > something similar that can work on 3G or 4G networks?
> > >
> >
> > Here we use SMSTools (http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com/) on a Linux box
> > with a Multitech Serial/USB modem. It takes formatted text files from
> > a spooling directory. It never let us down since some years.
>
> +1 for smstools.
>
> and I'd add playsms.org
>
> grab yourself a compatible USB 3G stick which you can switch to a modem.
eg
> a HUAWEI E1762 should work. You might want to look into a device with an
> antenna plug so you can put the antenne out of your cabinet for better
> reception.
>
> martin