[AusNOG] Network Monitoring via Email/SMS

Peter Larbalestier pal at smartsalary.com.au
Mon May 12 10:22:08 EST 2014


SMS alerts have saved me big time !!
Direct from a GSM Modem and not email as your server maybe down

Thank you

*Peter Larbalestier*
IT Infrastructure Manager

pal at smartsalary.com.au

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On 12 May 2014 09:57, Noel Butler <noel.butler at ausics.net> wrote:

>  Good to know Skeeve never sleeps and we can get a real "human" response
> from him via email within seconds 24/7/365 :)
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>
> On 11/05/2014 23:05, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
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> Why would anyone use SMS?
>
> There are loads of external monitoring services, or you could just get
> your own colo elsewhere (like I do) and have that email you.
>
> The assumption is that your email service is independent of your network
> (i.e. Gmail, etc.) or you could always setup a secondary email account on
> your device specifically for monitoring.
>
> SMS can be expensive and there is barely any reason to use it at all.
>
>
> ...Skeeve
>
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> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Daniel Watson <Daniel at glovine.com.au>wrote:
>
>>  Gday Damian
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>> Nagios would be good for sending the emails
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>> What about with SMS capabilitys?
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>> Regards,
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>> Daniel Watson
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>> Network Administrator / Network Operations Manager
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>> E Daniel at GloVine.com.au
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>> W www.GloVine.com.au
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>> *From:* Damian Guppy [mailto:the.damo at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Sunday, 11 May 2014 9:07 PM
>> *To:* Daniel Watson
>> *Cc:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Network Monitoring via Email/SMS
>>
>>
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>> Nagios is pretty much the defacto suite these days isnt it?
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>> --Damian
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>> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Daniel Watson <Daniel at glovine.com.au>
>> wrote:
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>>  Hi Guys
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>>
>> I was wondering if anybody could point me in the way of some monitoring
>> for our IP Space
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>> We would like a service that checks our IP ranges to ensure they are
>> online  more importantly our routers, and at the first sign of any issues
>> it will send an email and / or SMS messages
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>>
>> I know a few different other software such as PRTG and what not,  But
>> wondering if somebody could point me in a better direction?
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>> Regards,
>>
>> Daniel Watson
>>
>> Network Administrator / Network Operations Manager
>>
>>
>>
>> E Daniel at GloVine.com.au
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>> W www.GloVine.com.au
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