I'm trying to write an application that will monitor a server and send
out a message whenever the server goes down. My original thought was
to use email - however this will not work if our network is down as
well. So, as a back up for this I would like to somehow send a message
out over our landline to a cell phone.
The only solution Ive seen so far is to plug a cell phone into the
serial port of the monitor box, and use dlls/api to send a text
message. However, this is not a possibility for us, so I'm looking for
an alternate that will use our landline. We have a PBX network as well
as POTS. Anyone know anything about this, or an alternate approach I'm
missing? Many thanks-
ps - originally posted on MSDN forums, but they are down today for some
reason (*cough cough* iis) so I wanted to repost here, hope no one
takes offense.
out a message whenever the server goes down. My original thought was
to use email - however this will not work if our network is down as
well. So, as a back up for this I would like to somehow send a message
out over our landline to a cell phone.
The only solution Ive seen so far is to plug a cell phone into the
serial port of the monitor box, and use dlls/api to send a text
message. However, this is not a possibility for us, so I'm looking for
an alternate that will use our landline. We have a PBX network as well
as POTS. Anyone know anything about this, or an alternate approach I'm
missing? Many thanks-
ps - originally posted on MSDN forums, but they are down today for some
reason (*cough cough* iis) so I wanted to repost here, hope no one
takes offense.