Re: OOB core router connectivity wish list

[Randy Whitney <randy.whitney () verizon com>]

On 1/10/2013 11:18 AM, William Herrin wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Randy Carpenter <rcarpen () network1 net> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 9 Jan 2013, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> > > > My main requirements would be:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Something that is *not* network (ethernet or otherwise) (isn't
> > > > that the point of OOB?)
> > >
> > > I don't understand this at all. Why can't an OOB network be ethernet
> > > based towards the equipment needing management?
> >
> > How do I connect to it from many miles away when the network is
> > down? I have connected to a misbehaving border device at a
> > remote network via dial-up before, and was able to get it back
> > up and running. I would not have been able to do that if the
> > only options were ethernet or ethernet.
>
> Dial up with PPP and then cross the ethernet? Drop off a cellular
> modem with IP service instead of a dialup modem? Perhaps you haven't
> noticed but IP over circuit-switched voice lines is giving way to
> voice over IP packet switched systems. That POTS line the dialup modem
> needs doesn't have a lot of future left.

Nothing beats POTS in a broad power outage scenario. Numerous power 
outages have taken down mobile service completely while the POTS lines 
stayed up as it carries its own power by design.
--
Randy