My measured availability for a automatic reverse ssh tunnel connection made through a 4g radio in the field was 52%. this was vs 95% on the lab/office environment with the same equipment. That particular experiment I declared a failure.
There was never a closer truism than ymmv. joel On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Måns Nilsson <mansa...@besserwisser.org> > wrote: >> Subject: Re: OOB Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:14:21AM -0400 Quoting >> Christopher Morrow (morrowc.li...@gmail.com): >>> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Paul Stewart <p...@paulstewart.org> wrote: >>>> We do everything in-band with strict monitoring/policies in place. >>> >>> what do you do if your in-band fails? if a router/switch/ROADM is >>> isolated from the rest of your network? >>> (isn't that the core point of the OP?) >> >> Vendor C sells nice small routers with something like CAB-OCTAL-ASYNC >> _and_ a 3G modem instead of the BRI port. The 3G modem keeps its >> connection up (our telecom provider has true flat rate on domestic 3G, >> YMMV) and VPN's to the head office much like any other telecommuter. This >> cuts through all telco stupidity with firewalled or NAT'ed 3G phones >> etc, especially if one uses the break-out-from-hotel-LAN functions of >> the VPN system. The router of course actively keeps the VPN up and >> reestablishes it if needed. > > how well does that work inside a big metal box like equinix? > > You are, of course, just making a singular point: "Find something to > make yourself an OOB network, hey this thing does vpn over 3g, neato!" > I agree, it's neat.. it may not fit all square holes, sometimes you > need a round or triangle shaped plug. > >
