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Re: monitoring internet availability and sending sms alert?



Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/13/2010 06:28 PM, Adam Hardy wrote:
>> I figure this is probably something I would have to script myself
>> because I can't find anything useful looking out there, but I thought
>> I'd ask before I try (or perhaps before I procrastinate again):
>>
>> I have a machine here at home running some 24x5 programs which I really
>> need to keep up and running, along with my broadband so it can get its
>> datafeeds.
>>
>> I figured I could run a program on my webserver to ping my home machine
>> regularly and in case it starts to slow down, lose packets or die
>> completely, it could send me an SMS to alert me to the fact.
>>
>> Is there something like this already in existence?
>>
>
> smsclient, ping and bash should do the trick...
>
Might not be too hard to implement, as explained by Ron.

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