We do this with at&t with a custom APN works great no need to VPN. If you want to use Sprint take a look at Sprint Data Link. You can use your IPs on the data cards.
Cheers Ryan -----Original Message----- From: rche...@rochester.rr.com [mailto:rche...@rochester.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 6:41 AM To: nanog@nanog.org; David Hubbard Subject: Re: Cell-based OOB management devices David, a Sprint aircard can be had with a static-ip, so that should ease remote connectivity requirements. Or, you can opt for the Datalink (private VPN) service, which separates your aircard traffic from other customers within a VRF, obviating the need to run a separate VPN client. -RC ---- 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? > > Thanks! > > David > >
