[reldridge]

Technically you shouldn't need to statically set the IP address on it. Does the Bell modem allow you to do DHCP reservations? Just set a reservation for it, and go with that.

As far as the e-mail connection not working, you'll need to have it relay to an SMTP server, which would be on Bell's side. Bell's server would have relay shut down for non-authenticated users, so you'd have to assign it an e-mail address that Bell know's about. I haven't touched the SMS portion yet, since I use e-mail (on my own internal Exchange server) and SNMP.