Re: UK, NL, & Asia LTE Providers for Opengear Console Servers

[Louis Kowolowski <louisk () cryptomonkeys org>]

I’ve used them in both cellular and non-cellular capacities and been pleased with them. AFAIK they can be setup as an 
IPSec terminator for clients and block other traffic, which lowers the attack surface a bit. I’ve also seen people try 
to use “all the features”, set them up as DNS/DHCP/etc and attach them to multiple networks because they are “a linux 
box”. Its not great. Treat them as a console server and you’ll be happy. Treat them as a general purpose linux “server” 
and you’ll be disappointed at the lack of flexibility in doing things.

I just used swisscom in Zurich. I would expect Orange would probably cover both UK and NL, but don’t know for sure. 
Haven’t had to do anything in Asia recently.



> On Jul 31, 2019, at 9:53 PM, JASON BOTHE via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
>
> Are the Opengear boxes good gear? We currently have some boxes with a high failure rate and I’ve been on the hunt for 
> something we can leverage globally that support LTE. 
>
> J~ 
>
> On Jul 31, 2019, at 21:19, Mehmet Akcin <mehmet () akcin net <mailto:mehmet () akcin net>> wrote:
>
> > Google Fi
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 18:35 Ryan Gelobter <ryan.g () atwgpc net <mailto:ryan.g () atwgpc net>> wrote:
> > Anyone have recommendations for providers who I can use for LTE on Opengear console servers in the UK, Netherlands, 
> > and Singapore? 1 provider for all 3 countries would be great but I'll take what I can get. Oddly when talking to 
> > Opengear they don't really have any great advice. We use Verizon SIM cards in the US with static IPs.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan
> > -- 
> > Mehmet
> > +1-424-298-1903

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