> > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: marathon.duran...@gmail.com >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: Re: monitoring internet availability and sending sms alert? >Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 20:46:20 -0400 > >>On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 12:28:54AM +0100, Adam Hardy uttered: >>> 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? >> >>Not sure as I'm going from memory. Webmin had/has a heartbeat >monitor >>plug-in and if memory serves it had a way to notify a phone number, >>e-mail address etc. I assume it's not that important to be SMS >>necessarily? >> >>Webmin AFAIK is not in Debian anymore; but you can get it upstream >or >>perhaps look at the heartbeat application in Debian to see what it >has >>for remote notification. >> >>HTH >> Isn't this what SNMP was designed for? Larry >> >>-- >>To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org >>with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >listmas...@lists.debian.org >>Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100514004620.ga19...@google.com >> >>
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