[AusNOG] Console server question.

[Tony]

The Opengear is made by the same team who created the Snapgear firewall. The smaller of the Opengear boxes looks very much like the Snapgear firewalls did.


regards,
Tony.

(thumbs down again to Mcafee for killing off Snapgear)


--- On Fri, 5/11/10, craig at askings.com.au <craig at askings.com.au> wrote:

> Opengear will probably do 90% of that
> (not sure about AD/radius) They use
> standard RJ-45 / Cat-5 with adaptor cables to do Cisco
> rollover / APC
> rj-11 / DB9 etc.
> 
> It's a linux box under the hood and their CTO is in
> Brisbane so if you
> need a particular feature. There is a good chance that
> lunch and a few
> beers might get it for you :P
> 
> Craig.
> 
> > Hey All,
> >
> > Thought I might float the question here as I have been
> looking into some
> > different options for a console server and out-of-band
> management.
> >
> > Ideally I would be after the following but ;
> >
> > *         Option for
> ADSL/dialup connection to device.
> >
> > *         AD/radius auth
> and standard username/password.
> >
> > *         Multi-user.
> >
> > *         SSH v2.
> >
> > *         Standard
> cables (long shot :().
> >
> > *         4, 16, 24+
> ports (I have a few things I want to get to with
> > different requirements).
> >
> > Just really looking to see if there is one killer
> device out there or
> > which ones to steer clear of.
> >
> > Simon Thomason
> >