Cell-based OOB management devices

Tue Nov 15 13:49:17 UTC 2011

A very flexible solution can be done with the Mikrotik family of routers....see this as an example for more details..

http://mum.mikrotik.com/presentations/BR09/3G_Applications.pdf

Faisal

On Nov 15, 2011, at 6:34 AM, <rcheung at rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> ---- David Hubbard <dhubbard at dino.hostasaurus.com> wrote: 
>> Hi all, I am looking at cellular-based devices as a higher
>> speed alternative to dial-up backup access methods for
>> out of band management during emergencies.  I was
>> wondering if anyone had experiences with such devices
>> they could share?
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>> Devices I've found include Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven X,
>> Digi's ConnectWAN 3G or 4G and Opengear's ACM5004-G.  I
>> have no experience with any but they all appear to support
>> the Sprint network which I assume would be ideal due to
>> not having usage caps on data (currently).  The Opengear
>> device runs linux and has four serial ports, a usb port
>> for additional storage and ethernet, so it seems to have
>> some small advantages over the others since it could double
>> as an emergency self-contained management station you can
>> SSH into and run 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 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 service so you
>> can easily figure out your device's current IP?  How
>> stable is the access to the device?  Any idea if any of
>> them can do ipv6?
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>> Thanks!
>> 
>> David
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