[146528] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Cell-based OOB management devices
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ryan Finnesey)
Tue Nov 15 12:09:22 2011
From: "Ryan Finnesey" <rfinnesey@gmail.com>
To: <rcheung@rochester.rr.com>, <nanog@nanog.org>,
"'David Hubbard'" <dhubbard@dino.hostasaurus.com>
In-Reply-To: <20111115114038.FVF0E.49163.root@hrndva-web09-z01>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:05:41 -0500
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
We do this with at&t with a custom APN works great no need to VPN. If =
you want to use Sprint take a look at Sprint Data Link. You can use =
your IPs on the data cards.
Cheers
Ryan
-----Original Message-----
From: rcheung@rochester.rr.com [mailto:rcheung@rochester.rr.com]=20
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:41 AM
To: nanog@nanog.org; David Hubbard
Subject: Re: Cell-based OOB management devices
David, a Sprint aircard can be had with a static-ip, so that should ease =
remote connectivity requirements. Or, you can opt for the Datalink =
(private VPN) service, which separates your aircard traffic from other =
customers within a VRF, obviating the need to run a separate VPN client.
-RC
---- David Hubbard <dhubbard@dino.hostasaurus.com> wrote:=20
> Hi all, I am looking at cellular-based devices as a higher speed=20
> alternative to dial-up backup access methods for out of band=20
> management during emergencies. I was wondering if anyone had=20
> experiences with such devices they could share?
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> Devices I've found include Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven X, Digi's=20
> ConnectWAN 3G or 4G and Opengear's ACM5004-G. I have no experience=20
> with any but they all appear to support the Sprint network which I=20
> assume would be ideal due to not having usage caps on data=20
> (currently). The Opengear device runs linux and has four serial=20
> ports, a usb port for additional storage and ethernet, so it seems to=20
> have some small advantages over the others since it could double as an =
> emergency self-contained management station you can SSH into and run=20
> diagnostics from. All appear to have VPN/gateway support.
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> What none of them are clear on is how you would connect to it over=20
> cellular since I assume you're just paying for a typical data plan and =
> it will randomly obtain IP addresses. Maybe some type of dynamic dns=20
> service so you can easily figure out your device's current IP? How=20
> stable is the access to the device? Any idea if any of them can do=20
> ipv6?
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> Thanks!
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> David
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