Internet status texting

[ShawnTRD]

We loss internet from our isp a lot. So then I have to switch off my phone wifi to get my cell service. Anyway to get a text when my router has service again?

 

[Matthew Patrick]

I don't know if you're using stock Asus firmware or Merlin firmware. But I'm using Merlin so I can use ssh etc, for me I just use healthchecks.io . It uses cron on my router to report to that server and I can get a notification if the internet is down or up using telegram. It supports email, WhatsApp, discord etc but I only set it to send me a message on telegram. But idk if it supports text though since that probably costs

 

[watergremlin0]

Take a look at Uptime Kuma runs in docker, tons of alerting options.

 

[Weblee2407]

Well my isp is going down way too much too. I have dual WAN so it fails over to a LTE hotspot and sends an email. I added the email to text as a CC with the address format 1112223456@vtec.com and it works but the email is too long for translation to text sms. I just want to send a short one liner like “WAN failed over to backup” but I can’t get it to work using that address as TO: and
—mail-rcpt 1112223456@vtec.com I get a message “curl weird response (8)”. I suspect it’s the limited header I’m trying to use without subject and date. Are they required?

 

[Weblee2407]

Solved...company has a new email to text domain, but the old one is still in place (and working under certain conditions, apparently). Created a short script that notifies via text only.