On Nov 6, 2011 10:15 PM, "David Hubbard" <dhubb...@dino.hostasaurus.com> wrote: > > Hi all, I am looking at cellular-based devices as a higher > speed alternative to dial-up backup access methods for > out of band management during emergencies. I was > wondering if anyone had experiences with such devices > they could share? > > Devices I've found include Sierra Wireless AirLink Raven X, > Digi's ConnectWAN 3G or 4G and Opengear's ACM5004-G. I > have no experience with any but they all appear to support > the Sprint network which I assume would be ideal due to > not having usage caps on data (currently). The Opengear > device runs linux and has four serial ports, a usb port > for additional storage and ethernet, so it seems to have > some small advantages over the others since it could double > as an emergency self-contained management station you can > SSH into and run diagnostics from. All appear to have > VPN/gateway support. > > What none of them are clear on is how you would connect > to it over cellular since I assume you're just paying for > a typical data plan and it will randomly obtain IP > addresses. Maybe some type of dynamic dns service so you > can easily figure out your device's current IP? How > stable is the access to the device? Any idea if any of > them can do ipv6? >
Another good question is if the 3g modem is firewalled by the mobile provider so that incoming connections are blocked. Cb > Thanks! > > David > >
