From: Larry Bouthillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: phone based automation software?
Isn't it kind of silly to be looking for these kinds of very complicated and,
I'm sure, quirky sorts of solutions to this when there is a right way to do
this
already? If you switch your server OS to Linux or even NT (with the right
command-line utilities installed), you'd be able to telnet to the server and
check on its health, restart the RealServer processes remotely, or even restart
the box (which would not be likely to be necessary on Linux).
I don't mean to put down Win95, but simply to note that you could run an OS
more
suited to being a server on the same hardware you already have, and your remote
admin problem would go away.
Larry
RealForum wrote:
> From: "Yvan Gagnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: phone based automation software?
>
> Does anyone here know of any phone based automation software for the Win95
> platform? More specifically, I'm looking for a way to remote control my
> servers using a standard touchtone phone, -- almost like a voicemail system,
> only that would allow me to launch programs & trigger events when typing in
> specific pre-programmed numeric codes. Here's an example scenario:
>
> 1) While monitoring one of my servers that I have running out of my home, I
> notice that it has stopped responding.
>
> 2) I pick up the phone and dial a phonenumber.
>
> 3) A voicemail-like system answers the phone, rattles off a list of options,
> and then prompts me to type in a numeric code that corresponds to a specific
> action (ie: shutdown & reboot)
>
> Obviously, if the machine is totally frozen, it's unlikely that the modem
> would even respond, .. but in actuality, this rarely happens. I'm just
> having some other problems with the machine "falling asleep" every once in a
> while, and I need a way to wake it up that bypassses the standard TCP/IP
> method. I would imagine that something like this has to exist somewhere out
> there. Anyone know if it does? If so, where might I find it?
>
> thanks,
> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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