down radio alert notification question

I had a router board lock up in my back haul last night. I have ordered a synaccess remote power switch so I can reboot in the future as a precaution.

Is there a feature built into the router os that can send an email or sms alert if a ping/probe fails.

I might also setup a watchdog on the network capable of this. I figure if I do this from several of the ‘right’ points I’ll get alerted to outages via email more than customers calling in.

How are some of you alerting yourselves to critical down radios?

Look up ‘netwatch’ in the wiki manual.