Opengear alternatives that support 5g?

Fri Apr 26 17:27:08 UTC 2024

If anyone is interested in https://freetserv.github.io/ but does not want
to build one I have sort of documented an alternative at
https://lathama.net/Tech/Hardware/USB-32COM-RM so you can use anything to
connect the 5G or dialup to

On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 11:21 AM Michel Blais <Michel at targointernet.com>
wrote:

> Doesn't meet #3 but I'm testing Banana Pi BPI-R3 and seems way better than
> RPI for this purpose.
>
> You need to add the mini-pci modem of your choice but their 2 SIM card
> slots on board. There are also 5 RJ45 ports if your devices have OOB
> ethernet ports.
>
> There are 2 onboard storage (NOR and NAND) and you can add a M2 SSD so it
> is possible to have failover disks.
>
> I also like the fact that there are 2 SFP ports. There are some places in
> our area where the LTE / 5G network is really awful so we can use a fiber
> wavelength instead. It depends on the same fiber but at least, doesn't
> depend on any active devices on site.
>
> The bad is that you still need a USB to serial ports adapter. Also, you
> can customise OpenWRT as much as you like.
>
> For me, it's an advantage but in your case, it seems like an issue. For
> the OP, having several VPN options like zerotier seems like an advantage.
>
> Le ven. 26 avr. 2024, à 12 h 44, Warren Kumari <warren at kumari.net> a
> écrit :
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>> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:43 AM, Saku Ytti <saku at ytti.fi> wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 03:11, David H <ispcolohost at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Curious if anyone has particular hardware they like for OOB / serial
>>> management, similar to OpenGear, but preferably with 5G support, maybe even
>>> T-Mobile support? It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get static IP 4g
>>> machine accounts out of Verizon, and the added speed would be nice too. Or
>>> do you separate the serial from the access device (cell+firewall, etc.)?
>>>
>>> You could get a 5G Catalyst with an async NIM or SM.
>>>
>>> But I think you're setting up yourself for unnecessary costs and
>>> failures by designing your OOB to require static IP. You could design it so
>>> that the OOB spokes dial-in to the central OOB hub, and the OOB hub doesn't
>>> care what IP they come from, using certificates or PSK for identity,
>>> instead of IP.
>>>
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>>
>> Yup, I agree — but that simply rewrites the question to be:
>> "Curious if anyone has particular hardware they like for OOB / serial
>> management, similar to OpenGear, but preferably with 5G support, which can
>> be a spoke that dials in to the central OOB hub, and the OOB hub doesn't
>> care what IP they come from, using certificates or PSK for identity,
>> instead of IP."
>>
>> I've been on the same quest, and I have some additional requests /
>> features. Ideally it:
>>
>> 1: would be small - my particular use-case is for a "traveling rack", and
>> so 0U is preferred.
>>
>> 2: would be fairly cheap.
>>
>> 3: would not be a Raspberry-Pi, a USB hub and USB-to-serial cables. We
>> tried that for a while, and it was clunky — the SD card died a few times
>> (and jumped out entirely once!), people kept futzing with the OS and
>> fighting over which console software to use, installing other packages, etc.
>>
>> 4: support modern SSH clients (it seems like you shouldn't have to say
>> this, but… )
>>
>> 5: actually be designed as a termserver - the current thing we are using
>> doesn't really understand terminals, and so we need to use 'socat
>> -,raw,echo=0,escape=0x1d TCP:<termserver>:<port>' to get things like
>> tab-completion and "up-arrow for last command" to work.
>>
>> 6: support logging of serial (e.g crash-messages) to some sort of log /
>> buffer / similar (it's useful to be able to see what a device barfed all
>> over the console when it crashes.
>>
>>
>> The Get Console Airconsole TS series meets many of these requirements,
>> but it doesn't do #6. It also doesn't really feel like they have been
>> updating / maintaining these.
>>
>> Yes, I fully acknowledge that #3 falls into the "Doctor, Doctor, it hurts
>> when I do this" camp, but, well…
>>
>> W
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>>
>>> --
>>> ++ytti
>>>
>>
>>

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