[77102] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Proper authentication model
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Haagsman)
Thu Jan 13 06:07:23 2005
From: Erik Haagsman <erik@we-dare.net>
Reply-To: erik@we-dare.net
To: Daniel Golding <dgolding@burtongroup.com>
Cc: davidg@pipex.net, NANOG list <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <BE0AE0EA.6DFE%dgolding@burtongroup.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:06:48 +0100
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 20:12, Daniel Golding wrote:
>
> The biggest problem I've seen with dial-up OOB is reliability. You really
> need you really need to have a good series of testing scripts to ensure that
> all the phone lines are working, modems have reset properly, serial ports
> are ok, etc. Without this, reliability is low.
Although it's perhaps not as reliable as a series of dedicated cicruits
to connect various locations, I don't consider an ISDN router with it's
Ethernet port connected to a management ethernet port as an unreliable
solution. Modems and TA's perhaps, but a series of 2600's or similar
devices with basic rate interfaces on each location shouldn't be your
biggest worry at the moment you actually need them.
CHeers,
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