If anyone is interested in https://freetserv.github.io/ but does not want to build one I have sort of documented an alternative at https://lathama.net/Tech/Hardware/USB-32COM-RM so you can use anything to connect the 5G or dialup to
On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 11:21 AM Michel Blais <mic...@targointernet.com> wrote: > Doesn't meet #3 but I'm testing Banana Pi BPI-R3 and seems way better than > RPI for this purpose. > > You need to add the mini-pci modem of your choice but their 2 SIM card > slots on board. There are also 5 RJ45 ports if your devices have OOB > ethernet ports. > > There are 2 onboard storage (NOR and NAND) and you can add a M2 SSD so it > is possible to have failover disks. > > I also like the fact that there are 2 SFP ports. There are some places in > our area where the LTE / 5G network is really awful so we can use a fiber > wavelength instead. It depends on the same fiber but at least, doesn't > depend on any active devices on site. > > The bad is that you still need a USB to serial ports adapter. Also, you > can customise OpenWRT as much as you like. > > For me, it's an advantage but in your case, it seems like an issue. For > the OP, having several VPN options like zerotier seems like an advantage. > > Le ven. 26 avr. 2024, à 12 h 44, Warren Kumari <war...@kumari.net> a > écrit : > >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 12:43 AM, Saku Ytti <s...@ytti.fi> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 at 03:11, David H <ispcoloh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Curious if anyone has particular hardware they like for OOB / serial >>> management, similar to OpenGear, but preferably with 5G support, maybe even >>> T-Mobile support? It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get static IP 4g >>> machine accounts out of Verizon, and the added speed would be nice too. Or >>> do you separate the serial from the access device (cell+firewall, etc.)? >>> >>> You could get a 5G Catalyst with an async NIM or SM. >>> >>> But I think you're setting up yourself for unnecessary costs and >>> failures by designing your OOB to require static IP. You could design it so >>> that the OOB spokes dial-in to the central OOB hub, and the OOB hub doesn't >>> care what IP they come from, using certificates or PSK for identity, >>> instead of IP. >>> >> >> >> Yup, I agree — but that simply rewrites the question to be: >> "Curious if anyone has particular hardware they like for OOB / serial >> management, similar to OpenGear, but preferably with 5G support, which can >> be a spoke that dials in to the central OOB hub, and the OOB hub doesn't >> care what IP they come from, using certificates or PSK for identity, >> instead of IP." >> >> I've been on the same quest, and I have some additional requests / >> features. Ideally it: >> >> 1: would be small - my particular use-case is for a "traveling rack", and >> so 0U is preferred. >> >> 2: would be fairly cheap. >> >> 3: would not be a Raspberry-Pi, a USB hub and USB-to-serial cables. We >> tried that for a while, and it was clunky — the SD card died a few times >> (and jumped out entirely once!), people kept futzing with the OS and >> fighting over which console software to use, installing other packages, etc. >> >> 4: support modern SSH clients (it seems like you shouldn't have to say >> this, but… ) >> >> 5: actually be designed as a termserver - the current thing we are using >> doesn't really understand terminals, and so we need to use 'socat >> -,raw,echo=0,escape=0x1d TCP:<termserver>:<port>' to get things like >> tab-completion and "up-arrow for last command" to work. >> >> 6: support logging of serial (e.g crash-messages) to some sort of log / >> buffer / similar (it's useful to be able to see what a device barfed all >> over the console when it crashes. >> >> >> The Get Console Airconsole TS series meets many of these requirements, >> but it doesn't do #6. It also doesn't really feel like they have been >> updating / maintaining these. >> >> Yes, I fully acknowledge that #3 falls into the "Doctor, Doctor, it hurts >> when I do this" camp, but, well… >> >> W >> >> >> >>> -- >>> ++ytti >>> >> >> -- - Andrew "lathama" Latham -
