Cell-based OOB management devices

Tue Nov 15 17:05:41 UTC 2011

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 at rochester.rr.com [mailto:rcheung at rochester.rr.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:41 AM
To: nanog at 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 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?
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> David
> 
> 