I think it took me all of 15 minutes to get smstools3 installed/running 
and get our Samba75 modem installed/running. The samba75 uses the usb 
modem driver built into the kernel. Shows up as tty device. Just point 
smstools3 to that and voila!


Evgeny N.Stepanov wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Actually sending SMS messages is not related to Nagios in any way. The same 
> way as sending SMTP messages is not. But you can use both ways to send 
> notifications. I now use smstools3 (http://smstools3.kekekasvi.com) for 
> sending SMS notifications. This uses GSM modem or phone to send SMS messages 
> connected to serial port of a server running Nagios. But you can use SMS 
> gateways as well. www.nagiosexchange.org has lots of scripts to send SMS in 
> either ways, be it SMS gateway or GSM terminal. The choice depends on your 
> conditions. Using SMS gateways requires instant http (internet) access to the 
> gateway site (usually) and you need to pay to operator. Nagios host is 
> usually running in closed network segment for security reasons, so bringing 
> it to outer world can be tricky.
> Using GSM terminal is simpler and more reliable in production environments 
> AFAIK. And with GSM terminal you can implement more smart Nagios behaviour 
> using incoming SMS and event handlers to issue command to Nagios, for 
> instance. 
> As i said, I use smstools3 with Siemens TC35i GSM terminal. Works as a 
> breeze! There was some issues with bringing TC35i to work, but they are 
> described in smstool3 FAQ and hardware compatibility documentation and i 
> resolved them in couple of hours :-) (for example, it doesn't like hardware 
> handshake, so i had to turn it off). I didn't get through sending messages in 
> local (russian) alphabet, but that's coming soon.
> Also, there is a chance to get ICQ or jabber notifications as well. Check 
> nagiosexchange.org. Good luck!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Jacques FAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:44:34 +0100
> Subject: [Nagios-users] SMS alert
> 
>> hello  all
>>
>> My apologize for this language using. then, I repeate my question for better
>> a comprehension of my problem. I am new of use of the program nagios, then I
>> will want to configure the notification by SMS, then I will want to know if
>> it would be necessary need to use a gateway? so yes which?
>>
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>> JFK
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