On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, John Leong wrote:
Curious if any operator uses, or have interest in using, out of band network (e.g. modem, wireless etc.) for remote equipment (routers, switches, HVAC etc.) monitoring over and above doing it in band on the Internet.
This was standard practice in a former life (all alerting was done via a separately-provisioned POTS line to pagers, along with email notification for serious issues); this wasn't just for remote equipment, but also for equipment on our main premesis. I'm in the process of rolling it out where I am now. Check the archives; I'm sure I've seen Sean Donelan and others discuss this before. -- Edward S. Marshall <emarshal@logic.net> http://www.nyx.net/~emarshal/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. ]