-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Russell Hurren Sent: Wednesday, 26 November 2014 4:11 AM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: [MT-AU Public] SMS on a Sierra Wireless MC8705
Hi everyone
I have a couple of RB411U's with Sierra Wireless MC8705 <http://shop.duxtel.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=24&products_id=196> 's (3G cards) at remote sites acting as out-of-band console servers for the onsite routers. The client is paying for the 3G service, and they've gone with
Hi Russel, Usb port can only be used by one routerOS process so you will need to the
cheapest service they could find, which gives them 100MB/month and no public IP. I'm having to keep a tunnel permanently open to reach them, which is causing it to go over the download limit each month.
I had the idea of using SMS to wake them up, but I couldn't figure out how to configure them to handle SMSs. When I try to enable Receive, the port (usb2) briefly shows "Used By - SMS Tool" and then I get the message "Couldn't change SMS Settings - timeout (6)".
They're connected to the Internet using an LTE interface in 3G mode, not PPP. Do I need to drop the LTE connection for the SMS to work? (This wouldn't be a problem, but I'd have to recall one to test it, as they're 450km away and I don't have any other way to access them.)
Anyone have any ideas?
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