Modem Failover

Keep sending SMS even if a modem or carrier fails

A single modem or carrier outage should not stop your messaging. Modem Failover keeps a backup ready, so one failure never takes your SMS delivery down.

Modem Failover: Keep sending SMS even if a modem or carrier fails

Choose how modems are picked

Choose whether messages are sent from each modem in turn (round-robin) or always from one main modem, with the others waiting as backup.

Works across carrier problems too

Failover covers both a failed modem and a carrier network outage, whichever causes the disruption.

Traffic spread across all SIM cards

Alongside failover, SMSEagle spreads load across modems with round-robin selection, plus message routing and queuing for reliable delivery.

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Modem Failover: Open the Multimodem settings

Every modem, one view

See and manage all modems from a single page

Check the status of every modem on your device at a glance, so you always know which one is carrying your traffic.

Modem Failover: Pick the modem selection strategy

Control how modems are chosen

Pick the modem selection strategy

In the modem settings, choose Round-robin, or set one SIM card as the main modem.

Modem Failover: Enable modem failover

Just turn on one option

Enable modem failover

Turn on failover so a backup modem takes over automatically whenever the primary one has a problem.

How to configure Modem failover
Step-by-step instruction

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Modem Failover: FAQ

SMSEagle regularly checks that each modem is connected to the network and able to send. If a modem stops working, messages are sent through the next modem, so sending continues.

2 or more modems on the same device.

Yes. If a cellular operator’s network becomes unavailable, failover can switch to a modem on a different carrier.

Yes. Choose whether messages are sent from each modem in turn (round-robin) or always from one main modem, with the others waiting as backup.

Round-robin modem selection that spreads traffic across SIM cards, plus message routing and queuing for reliable delivery.

Modem Failover is available on SMSEagle devices with 2 or more modems.