[193808] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Cellular enabled console server
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sander Steffann)
Fri Feb 24 11:22:42 2017
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Sander Steffann <sander@steffann.nl>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:22:04 +0100
In-Reply-To: <CAOvEG7OZUwyT0-tLHeLKi8Tz42MeP6PTHbp1h7HGSQ14Ld-Rug@mail.gmail.com>
To: Ben Bartsch <uwcableguy@gmail.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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Hi,
> NANOG - Are any of you running a console server to access your network
> equipment via a serial connection at a remote site? If so, what are =
you
> using and how much do you like it? I have a project where I need to =
stand
> up over 100 remote sites and would like a backdoor to the console just =
to
> be able to see what's going on with the equipment to hopefully avoid a
> truck roll for something simple like a hung device. I need 4 console =
ports
> and 1 RJ45 ethernet jack. My quick Google search landed me at
> BlackBox LES1204A-3G-R2, but I've never actually used such a device. =
This
> would be for use in the USA.
I don't have experience with those devices, but I did just have a =
conversation about this with people from Opengear and they told me they =
have experience with it and you can even set up a OpenVPN over cellular =
and bridge to the ethernet port to access the management LAN. I haven't =
tested it yet, but at least their sales people say it works :)
Cheers,
Sander
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