Hi Peter, Ever look at Opengear? They have a lot of nice OOB management devices (modem/3G/4G/LTE) that give you full access to the underlying Linux OS. http://opengear.com/
Happy customer. Best, Will From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Grace Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 2:21 PM To: LOPSA Discuss Subject: [lopsa-discuss] Out-of-Band Management Solutions Howdy, fellow sysadmins: We are looking for any feedback members of the list might have regarding a pretty common problem: reliable out-of-band access to our network when WAN(s) and/or site2site links go down. We currently have multiple connections at each office but we've run into situations where being able to use a third link to sneak into the network and bring things back up would have been much easier. Currently we've been reviewing a number of different solutions -- all-in-one devices that are purpose-built for OOB-access to devices that are basically the network portion of a car computer. We are wondering if there are any products out there that folks from the list could recommend we focus on that might work well for this OR could recommend we stay away from. We're just as happy to know what products to avoid as to dig into further. Here's our list of minimum requirements: 1. Some kind of appliance that actually does the OOB connection over cellular 3G/LTE/etc -- we're not opposed to using something like a NUC + MiFi, just wanted to avoid building custom out of the gate if there's something better and more reliable -- we're planning to put a small linux device (we're leaning Pi or NUC) to serve as a jump box and for features that the device itself might not have 2. must be reasonably low on power usage (<100W) -- this is so we can have a dedicated UPS that isn't obnoxiously large and still get 1+ hr runtime 3. must have a good security track record since it will live on a public connection unfirewalled -- we once ran into a small appliance that had a recursive DNS server and happily forwarded internal DNS queries externally and you couldn't turn it off; this kind of thing is simply a deal breaker for us 4. One of our offices is in London so the device must be compatible or modular enough that we can get on international cell networks Nice to haves, not required: 1. central management (if it's a turn-key solution) 2. built-in vpn options 3. minimal licensing headaches preferred Some of the product we've looked at are made by these companies: 1. Peplink 2. Cradlepoint 3. Sierra Wireless Any thoughts from the list? I appreciate any feedback you can provide! Pete
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