In this tutorial, we will use a cheap usb modem to send SMS messages over the internet. It can be accessed via a Web GUI or command line…
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In this tutorial, we will use a cheap usb modem to send SMS messages over the internet. It can be accessed via a Web GUI or command line…
read more...So this is one application of the SMS gateway. My home internet gets its address via DHCP, however, unless something goes wrong, the addresses are usually reasonably persistent (generally at least 10 days). I was motivated to set this up because when my ISP was having connectivity issues, it was very frustrating having to sit around and keep trying ping until it came back online. Now I can just wait for a notification :) I have this script running on my Ubiquti EdgeRouter but it would work the same if you had it on a workstation. This goes in /etc/cron.…
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