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'Back in the day' this was done by using a serial cable attached to a Nokia 3810 or similar handset and speaking AT commands. Gnokii was the tool... https://
by simmo9000 5y ago
'Back in the day' this was done by using a serial cable attached to a Nokia 3810 or similar handset and speaking AT commands.
Gnokii was the tool...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnokii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnokii
It was great for out-of-band network monitoring.
- markstos 5y agoI did this. Bought a Motorola RAZR on eBay, plugged into a FreeBSD box and called it a GSM modem. Since we were monitoring if the network was down among other things, the pages would go out through the "GSM modem" since the fiber connection couldn't be relied on to be up. Paid like $10/month for a text-only phone plan. Worked great. The USB connection to the FreeBSD server keep the "GSM modem" continuously charged as well.