Equinix Virginia - Ethernet OOB suggestions

Bill Woodcock woody at pch.net
Tue Nov 11 00:53:53 UTC 2014


Why use IPv4 for OOB?  Seems a little late in the day for that. 

    
                -Bill


> On Nov 10, 2014, at 15:02, "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Paul S. <contact at winterei.se> wrote:
>> I'd be doubtful if anyone will feel like offering a /23 with OOB as
>> justification these days, sadly.
> 
> why thought? Justification is really about having a use for the ips,
> right? and if you have 500 servers/network-devices ... then you have
> justification for  a /23 ... it seems to me.
> 
>> 
>> Good luck nonetheless.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 11/10/2014 午後 11:00, Ruairi Carroll wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hey,
>>> 
>>> VPN setup is not really a viable option (for us) in this scenario.
>>> Honestly, I'd prefer to just call it done already and have a VPN but due
>>> to
>>> certain restraints, we have to go down this route.
>>> 
>>> /Ruairi
>>> 
>>>> On 10 November 2014 14:38, Alistair Mackenzie <magicsata at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Couldn't you put a router or VPN system on the single IP they are giving
>>>> you and use RFC1918 addressing space?
>>>> 
>>>> OOB doesn't normally justify a /24 let alone a /23.
>>>> 
>>>> On 10 November 2014 13:18, Ruairi Carroll <ruairi.carroll at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Dear List,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've got an upcoming deployment in Equinix (DC10) and I'm struggling to
>>>>> find a provider who can give me a 100Mbit port (With a commit of about
>>>>> 5-10Mbit) with a /23 or /24 of public space , for OOB purposes. We had
>>>>> hoped to use Equinixs services, however they're limiting us to a single
>>>>> public IP.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm also open to other solutions - xDSL or similar, but emphasis is on
>>>>> cheap and on-net.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> /Ruairi
>> 


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