[AusNOG] 3G Broadband OOB network suggestions

[Christopher Pollock]

We have a similar setup to this as well and it works brilliantly.  We
mostly use it to send out to integrators etc so we can provide remote
support to them anywhere.  Opengear lent us a demo unit as well, and I
believe they have a rep on this list who can provide more info?  The most
impressive part was them rolling us a new firmware in less than 24 hours of
reporting a bug, very responsive organisation IMO.

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On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 6:56 PM, James Paussa <lists at puzza.org> wrote:

>  +1 for the ACM5004-G. Run these just on NextG with OpenVPN running to a
> VPS offnet giving us out of band. Worth its weight in gold.
>
> Regards,
> James.
>
>
> On 20/01/2012 9:45 PM, Tom Storey wrote:
>
> Ive used opengear ACM5000's for a previous project, and they work quite
> well. 5004-G specifically.
>
>  http://opengear.com/product-acm5000.html
>
>  A tad on the pricey side is probably their only downside.
>
>  Includes a bracket which can be used to install in a rack (2/3 of a rack
> unit) or attach to a wall, and an external antenna connector so you can
> attach a higher gain external antenna for areas with patchy or weak
> coverage (all of my installations were cabinets in rural locations, so very
> important.)
>
>  You can use an IP reachability rule to determine whether it should route
> packets over the LAN interface or 3G interface. I had mine setup to monitor
> reachability to a particular core router IP, on the basis that if that
> became unreachable, theres a failure preventing access to it over the LAN,
> so it should route out over the WAN, so you then SSH to its WAN IP (helps
> if you have a static) and youre in. IIRC it has a dyndns client, but you'd
> want to double check that.
>
>  Worth a look IMO. Neat little boxes.
>
>  Tom
>
> On 18 January 2012 11:29, Anand Kumria <akumria at acm.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm sure most of you have an OOB network, and I'm now finding I have
>> some clients where I now have the same need.
>>
>> So I'm looking for some solutions, I'm tending towards 3G Broadband
>> but am open to others; rough requirements
>>
>>  - works with Windows, Mac OS *and* Linux (I can leave some on the
>> client site, and have them install into any available computer to
>> diagnose their internal network that way)
>>  - provides a static IP (v4 or v6 acceptable) address
>>  - at least 1G / month; with options to increase should a 'problem' occur.
>>
>> Slightly different use cases at different clients:
>>
>>  - for some, it'll be used to monitor both internal / external
>> networks without perturbing them
>>  - for others, it'll be used as a means of last resort remote access
>> during an outage
>>
>> Unfortunately none of the clients are large enough to warrant dual-homing.
>>
>> Replies welcome off-list and I'll summarise responses back to the list
>> in a few days.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Anand
>>
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