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Re: Cellular enabled console server


From: Sander Steffann <sander () steffann nl>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:22:04 +0100

Hi,

NANOG - Are any of you running a console server to access your network
equipment via a serial connection at a remote site?  If so, what are you
using and how much do you like it?  I have a project where I need to stand
up over 100 remote sites and would like a backdoor to the console just to
be able to see what's going on with the equipment to hopefully avoid a
truck roll for something simple like a hung device.  I need 4 console ports
and 1 RJ45 ethernet jack.  My quick Google search landed me at
BlackBox LES1204A-3G-R2, but I've never actually used such a device.  This
would be for use in the USA.

I don't have experience with those devices, but I did just have a conversation about this with people from Opengear and 
they told me they have experience with it and you can even set up a OpenVPN over cellular and bridge to the ethernet 
port to access the management LAN. I haven't tested it yet, but at least their sales people say it works :)

Cheers,
Sander

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