[188236] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Hamelin)
Sat Mar 12 14:37:52 2016
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Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 08:16:51 -0800
From: Joe Hamelin <joe@nethead.com>
To: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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This little guy has proven handy for me.
http://www.amazon.com/iPocket232-RS232-to-Ethernet-Converter/dp/B00K309TKY
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Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, +1 (360) 474-7474
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
wrote:
> also, serial? or usb? (see previous cisco usb console port discussion)
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Christopher Morrow
> <morrowc.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
> > for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
> > "appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
> > thingies?
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott <greg.whynott@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18
> remote
> >> routers and firewalls. None of these have a console port for 'out of
> >> band' access accessible today.
> >>
> >> Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29)
> or a
> >> backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP
> to
> >> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock
> myself
> >> out. The requirement would be an Ethernet port, a serial port, and
> SSH.
> >>
> >>
> >> Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
> >>
> >> thanks much,
> >> greg
>
