Re: monitoring internet availability and sending sms alert?

[Adam Hardy <adam.ant@cyberspaceroad.com>]

Ron Johnson on 14/05/10 12:54, wrote:
> On 05/14/2010 06:32 AM, Adam Hardy wrote:
> > Merciadri Luca on 14/05/10 11:31, wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > I shall look into these options. I'll obviously have to open up the ping
> > port on my firewall.
>
> Outgoing ports are randomly assigned, though, aren't they?

Sure. I mean on the box at home that I'm monitoring from the online server. 
Aaaah, just realised I don't have a fixed IP ?$*!(*)"*"!!!