Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Doug McIntyre]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 10:45:30AM -0900, Royce Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Hugo Slabbert  wrote:
> > I'm surprised no one's mentioned freetserv[1] yet.  I haven't used them so
> > don't consider this an endorsement, but on the surface it looks to be a
> > good balance of "open / DIY" and "supportable".
..
> This is great!  A mainstream, patchable OS -- not locked into a half-baked
> OS or roll-your-own-TCP-stack hell I've seen in some remote serial and
> power devices.
..

Yes, instead of a hacked together hardwareboard, or appliance with
firmware that never gets updated stuck in SSH v1 days (old Cisco?)..
Freetserv looks interesting, but very costly once you add up the BOM. 

I'd get something like a 1U ATOM server ($120 eBay) with small SSD
($18).  Runup your favorite FOSS OS, and conserver.  For more than the
single real serialport, you can most likely fit a USB hub inside
the case still, and hang a number of USB serial dongles off.

Rackmountable, maintainable, and conserver works great.

LighTower - Major issue - Anyone from LIGHTOWER please contact me off list.

[Bob Evans]

Anyone out here from LIGHTOWER please contact me off list.
Thank You
Bob Evans
CTO

Re: [mailop] Google DNS Servers not returning results for Hotmail today?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

- Original Message -
> From: "Tony Bunce" 

> I just disabled DNSSEC validation on all of our resolvers and that appears to
> have fixed the problem for us.
> 
> I’m far from a DNSSEC expert but I think the issue is with the entire
> 65.in-addr.arpa zone.  I can reproduce the issue on any PTR record inside of
> 65.0.0.0/8.

And Tony wins the Internet (and that means a lot more here, than when I 
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Cheers,
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Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Christopher Morrow]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Royce Williams  wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Hugo Slabbert  wrote:
>
>> On Tue 2016-Mar-08 19:10:14 +, Gavin Henry 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Really love the Opengear IM range. We use IM4216's
>>>
>>
>> I'm surprised no one's mentioned freetserv[1] yet.  I haven't used them so
>> don't consider this an endorsement, but on the surface it looks to be a
>> good balance of "open / DIY" and "supportable".
>>
>> [1] https://freetserv.github.io/
>>
>
> This is great!  A mainstream, patchable OS -- not locked into a half-baked
> OS or roll-your-own-TCP-stack hell I've seen in some remote serial and
> power devices.

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Stephen Satchell]

On 03/08/2016 10:36 AM, Joe Maimon wrote:

You can use a 2600 or 2800 with the 16 port serial module.


Or a 32-port module (NM-32A)...but I think that would have been overkill 
for what the OP was originally asking for.  :)

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Royce Williams]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Hugo Slabbert  wrote:

> On Tue 2016-Mar-08 19:10:14 +, Gavin Henry 
> wrote:
>
> Really love the Opengear IM range. We use IM4216's
>>
>
> I'm surprised no one's mentioned freetserv[1] yet.  I haven't used them so
> don't consider this an endorsement, but on the surface it looks to be a
> good balance of "open / DIY" and "supportable".
>
> [1] https://freetserv.github.io/
>

This is great!  A mainstream, patchable OS -- not locked into a half-baked
OS or roll-your-own-TCP-stack hell I've seen in some remote serial and
power devices.

Thanks!

Royce

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Hugo Slabbert]

On Tue 2016-Mar-08 19:10:14 +, Gavin Henry  wrote:


Really love the Opengear IM range. We use IM4216's


I'm surprised no one's mentioned freetserv[1] yet.  I haven't used them so 
don't consider this an endorsement, but on the surface it looks to be a 
good balance of "open / DIY" and "supportable".


--
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pgp key: B178313E   | also on Signal

[1] https://freetserv.github.io/


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Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Gavin Henry]

Really love the Opengear IM range. We use IM4216's

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Graham Beneke]

On 08/03/2016 17:34, Josh Luthman wrote:
> Mikrotik does rfc2217 and this is their cheapest board today:
> http://routerboard.com/RB911-2Hn

Are you perhaps thinking of the http://routerboard.com/RB411 ?
I don't think the model you linked has a serial port.

We've deployed them successfully in a couple of places as a serial console.

For a few extra bucks you can get a http://routerboard.com/RB450 which
you can also use to connect up a few ethernet management ports, handle
some dynamic routing/failover or even build a full OOB network.

-- 
Graham Beneke

Re: IPV6 planning

[Enno Rey]

Hi,

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 07:35:55PM +0100, Bj??rn Mork wrote:
> 
> How does Windows manage to *use* three addresses? I can understand how
> the rfc7217 address and the privacy address can be use for different
> purposes, but what do they use the EUI-64 address for?

Windows doesn't use/create a third EUI-64 address. By default it only creates 
that "kind-of random, kind-of stable" address (unrelated to RFC 2117) and a 
temporary address. No EUI-64 address (by default).
It *can* create, by a specific setting, an EUI-64 address but that would 
replace the above mentioned 1st (non-temporary) one.

best

Enno




> 
> 
> Bj??rn

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Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Andrew Fried]

The Lantronix Spiders work well and aren't a "do-it-yourself" option:

http://www.lantronix.com/products/lantronix-spider/

Andrew

Andrew Fried
andrew.fr...@gmail.com

On 3/8/16 10:30 AM, greg whynott wrote:
> Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18 remote
> routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
> band' access accessible today.
> 
> Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or a
> backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
> out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and SSH.
> 
> 
> Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
> 
> thanks much,
> greg
> 

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[joel jaeggli]

On 3/8/16 10:06 AM, Stephen Satchell wrote:
> On 03/08/2016 07:30 AM, greg whynott wrote:
>>   I'd like to purchase a IP to
>> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
>> out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and
>> SSH.
> 
> I've used Cisco 2500 routers for this type of service, using the AUX
> port and a roll-over cable to connect to the target device.  I'm talking
> 2501s mostly, not the 2511 or 2508, unless you need to control more than
> one device at a specific location.
> 
> Ethernet, AUX port, SSH, firewall.  Updates are sketchy, but these are
> mature devices.

We use the small opengears for small sites acm5500 for ethernet and serial.

Used to use cisco 25xx 26xx but those are long in the tooth and not
fast. stopped using  avocent because of the value proposition.

I have experimented with raspberry pi for smaller oob server (with
appropriate usb serial breakout ) e.g. digi edgeport box for 8 serials
or ftdi usb serial adapters rather tha stand-alone pc which is what we
use for larger oob/utility server/router. it's considerably smaller than
the rackable equivalent.





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Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Joe Maimon]

You can use a 2600 or 2800 with the 16 port serial module.

Stephen Satchell wrote:

On 03/08/2016 07:30 AM, greg whynott wrote:

  I'd like to purchase a IP to
Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and
SSH.


I've used Cisco 2500 routers for this type of service, using the AUX
port and a roll-over cable to connect to the target device.  I'm talking
2501s mostly, not the 2511 or 2508, unless you need to control more than
one device at a specific location.

Ethernet, AUX port, SSH, firewall.  Updates are sketchy, but these are
mature devices.

Re: IPV6 planning

[Bjørn Mork]

Owen DeLong  writes:
>> On Mar 7, 2016, at 16:01 , Alarig Le Lay  wrote:
>> 
>> It’s not exactly specific to Windows, dhcpcd use a something like that
>> (my IPv6 is 2a00:5884:8316:2653:fd40:d47d:556f:c426). And at least,
>> there is a RFC related to that, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7217.
>
> Yes, but in the case of Windows, that happens with SLAAC without DHCP.

Yes, and SLAAC is what rfc7217 is about

> TTBOMK, this is unique to windows.

Nope.  See for example the stable_secret setting in
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt

But Linux doesn't create this in addition to the EUI-64 derived
address.  It creates in instead.  And it won't happen by default.  Only
if you configure a secret. Except for weird interfaces without any
EUI-64 identifier, like raw IP interfaces, which will use this code to
support SLAAC.

How does Windows manage to *use* three addresses? I can understand how
the rfc7217 address and the privacy address can be use for different
purposes, but what do they use the EUI-64 address for?


Bjørn

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Stephen Satchell]

On 03/08/2016 07:30 AM, greg whynott wrote:

  I'd like to purchase a IP to
Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and SSH.


I've used Cisco 2500 routers for this type of service, using the AUX 
port and a roll-over cable to connect to the target device.  I'm talking 
2501s mostly, not the 2511 or 2508, unless you need to control more than 
one device at a specific location.


Ethernet, AUX port, SSH, firewall.  Updates are sketchy, but these are 
mature devices.

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Mel Beckman]

Adafruit.com sells a USB to serial converter for $10 that works great 
(https://www.adafruit.com/product/954). Plus you can operate multiple serial 
ports this way. 

 -mel beckman

> On Mar 8, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Owen DeLong  wrote:
> 
> Serial port on the PI is TTL, so you’ll need some level shifters and/or
> ideally some opto-isolators or buffers to do a proper implementation.
> 
> Owen
> 
>> On Mar 8, 2016, at 08:32 , greg whynott  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks to all who responded to me,  quite the flood of suggestions and
>> options.
>> 
>> Found a lot of 20 Digi CM32's on ebay for 35 dollars each,  overkill but
>> can't beat the price,  going to look into those to make sure they are still
>> able to get OS updates.  There will be no firewall in front of this device
>> so it should have one itself.
>> 
>> I like the raspberry pi idea...  Would ensure perpetual security updates
>> with the OS running on it,  whereas I'm sure some of the vendors of
>> commercial console products EOL support at some point.  The fact it runs
>> linux is inviting as we can add it to our monitoring systems.
>> 
>> have a great day,
>> greg
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Christopher Morrow >> wrote:
>> 
>>> for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
>>> "appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
>>> thingies?
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott 
>>> wrote:
 Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18
>>> remote
 routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
 band' access accessible today.
 
 Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or
>>> a
 backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
 Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
 out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and
>>> SSH.
 
 
 Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
 
 thanks much,
 greg
> 

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Mel Beckman]

I just built a trivial raspberry pi gadget for about $100 that uses the $40 GSM 
2G FONA cellular modem card and a ting.com SIM card to tunnel ssh back to my 
home network via cellular data. It's runs at just 128Kbps, but that's fine for 
a serial console. I use the Linux screen utility to connect to the local end of 
the ssh tunnel, and keep each console open (which has the nice side effect of 
capturing any log entries emitted). 

All the parts and most instructions are available at 
https://www.adafruit.com/product/1946. The only customization I added was a 
second USB serial port to access my remote console, and the phone-home ssh 
script (of which there are many open source examples to choose from). Ting.com 
has very good cellular data prices and is aimed at IoT connectivity, so it 
costs very little to deploy one of these gadgets ($6/mo if I use less than a 
megabyte, but just $15/gigabyte after that). 

 -mel beckman

> On Mar 8, 2016, at 8:33 AM, greg whynott  wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all who responded to me,  quite the flood of suggestions and
> options.
> 
> Found a lot of 20 Digi CM32's on ebay for 35 dollars each,  overkill but
> can't beat the price,  going to look into those to make sure they are still
> able to get OS updates.  There will be no firewall in front of this device
> so it should have one itself.
> 
> I like the raspberry pi idea...  Would ensure perpetual security updates
> with the OS running on it,  whereas I'm sure some of the vendors of
> commercial console products EOL support at some point.  The fact it runs
> linux is inviting as we can add it to our monitoring systems.
> 
> have a great day,
> greg
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Christopher Morrow > wrote:
> 
>> for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
>> "appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
>> thingies?
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott 
>> wrote:
>>> Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18
>> remote
>>> routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
>>> band' access accessible today.
>>> 
>>> Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or
>> a
>>> backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
>>> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
>>> out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and
>> SSH.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
>>> 
>>> thanks much,
>>> greg
>> 

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Christopher Morrow]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Owen DeLong  wrote:
> Serial port on the PI is TTL, so you’ll need some level shifters and/or
> ideally some opto-isolators or buffers to do a proper implementation.
>

usb-serial dongle, no?

also keep in mind, 'bad power' can make raspi's a pita :( corrupting
the flash card isn't fun. (maybe this is solved with another media for
root-partition though)

> Owen
>
>> On Mar 8, 2016, at 08:32 , greg whynott  wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to all who responded to me,  quite the flood of suggestions and
>> options.
>>
>> Found a lot of 20 Digi CM32's on ebay for 35 dollars each,  overkill but
>> can't beat the price,  going to look into those to make sure they are still
>> able to get OS updates.  There will be no firewall in front of this device
>> so it should have one itself.
>>
>> I like the raspberry pi idea...  Would ensure perpetual security updates
>> with the OS running on it,  whereas I'm sure some of the vendors of
>> commercial console products EOL support at some point.  The fact it runs
>> linux is inviting as we can add it to our monitoring systems.
>>
>> have a great day,
>> greg
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Christopher Morrow >> wrote:
>>
>>> for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
>>> "appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
>>> thingies?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott 
>>> wrote:
 Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18
>>> remote
 routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
 band' access accessible today.

 Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or
>>> a
 backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
 Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
 out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and
>>> SSH.


 Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?

 thanks much,
 greg
>>>
>

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Christopher Morrow]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Joe Hamelin  wrote:
> This little guy has proven handy for me.
> http://www.amazon.com/iPocket232-RS232-to-Ethernet-Converter/dp/B00K309TKY
>

a number of interesting options exist, but...

1) this will get deployed into 'some third world sh*thole' (aka,
remote equinix facility 15+ minutes from your house)

2) someone has to maintain it long term (security patches,
functionality fixes, dual power supplies?, redundant network access?
gsm/cell/ethernet? )

3) an appliance might pay for itself if you don't want lots of hands-on effort



-chris

> --
> Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, +1 (360) 474-7474
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 7:35 AM, Christopher Morrow 
> wrote:
>>
>> also, serial? or usb? (see previous cisco usb console port discussion)
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Christopher Morrow
>>  wrote:
>> > for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
>> > "appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
>> > thingies?
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott 
>> > wrote:
>> >> Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18
>> >> remote
>> >> routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
>> >> band' access accessible today.
>> >>
>> >> Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29)
>> >> or a
>> >> backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP
>> >> to
>> >> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock
>> >> myself
>> >> out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and
>> >> SSH.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
>> >>
>> >> thanks much,
>> >> greg
>
>

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Owen DeLong]

Serial port on the PI is TTL, so you’ll need some level shifters and/or
ideally some opto-isolators or buffers to do a proper implementation.

Owen

> On Mar 8, 2016, at 08:32 , greg whynott  wrote:
> 
> Thanks to all who responded to me,  quite the flood of suggestions and
> options.
> 
> Found a lot of 20 Digi CM32's on ebay for 35 dollars each,  overkill but
> can't beat the price,  going to look into those to make sure they are still
> able to get OS updates.  There will be no firewall in front of this device
> so it should have one itself.
> 
> I like the raspberry pi idea...  Would ensure perpetual security updates
> with the OS running on it,  whereas I'm sure some of the vendors of
> commercial console products EOL support at some point.  The fact it runs
> linux is inviting as we can add it to our monitoring systems.
> 
> have a great day,
> greg
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Christopher Morrow > wrote:
> 
>> for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
>> "appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
>> thingies?
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott 
>> wrote:
>>> Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18
>> remote
>>> routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
>>> band' access accessible today.
>>> 
>>> Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or
>> a
>>> backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
>>> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
>>> out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and
>> SSH.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
>>> 
>>> thanks much,
>>> greg
>> 

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[greg whynott]

Thanks to all who responded to me,  quite the flood of suggestions and
options.

Found a lot of 20 Digi CM32's on ebay for 35 dollars each,  overkill but
can't beat the price,  going to look into those to make sure they are still
able to get OS updates.  There will be no firewall in front of this device
so it should have one itself.

I like the raspberry pi idea...  Would ensure perpetual security updates
with the OS running on it,  whereas I'm sure some of the vendors of
commercial console products EOL support at some point.  The fact it runs
linux is inviting as we can add it to our monitoring systems.

have a great day,
greg



On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Christopher Morrow  wrote:

> for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
> "appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
> thingies?
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott 
> wrote:
> > Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18
> remote
> > routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
> > band' access accessible today.
> >
> > Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or
> a
> > backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
> > Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
> > out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and
> SSH.
> >
> >
> > Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
> >
> > thanks much,
> > greg
>

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Christopher Morrow]

also, serial? or usb? (see previous cisco usb console port discussion)

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:33 AM, Christopher Morrow
 wrote:
> for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
> "appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
> thingies?
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott  wrote:
>> Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18 remote
>> routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
>> band' access accessible today.
>>
>> Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or a
>> backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
>> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
>> out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and SSH.
>>
>>
>> Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
>>
>> thanks much,
>> greg

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Josh Luthman]

AirConsole has an "all in one" solution with software and such.

Mikrotik does rfc2217 and this is their cheapest board today:
http://routerboard.com/RB911-2Hn


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott 
wrote:

> Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18 remote
> routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
> band' access accessible today.
>
> Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or a
> backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
> out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and SSH.
>
>
> Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
>
> thanks much,
> greg
>

Re: remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[Christopher Morrow]

for singular serial .. there are many, do you want something that's
"appliance" or are you willing to deploy 18 raspnberry-pi-like
thingies?

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 10:30 AM, greg whynott  wrote:
> Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18 remote
> routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
> band' access accessible today.
>
> Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or a
> backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
> Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
> out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and SSH.
>
>
> Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?
>
> thanks much,
> greg

remote serial console (IP to Serial)

[greg whynott]

Recently I have taking over the responsibility of managing about 18 remote
routers and firewalls.   None of these have a console port for 'out of
band' access accessible today.

Most sites has available IPs between the ISP and us (typically a /29) or a
backup DSL connection available for use. I'd like to purchase a IP to
Serial port device I can use for each location in the event I lock myself
out.   The requirement would be an Ethernet port,  a serial port,  and SSH.


Anyone have any recommendations on something like this?

thanks much,
greg

Any HSBC network admin?

[Pui Edylie]

Dear NANOG Member,

Is there any HSBC network admin on this list or do you happen to know one?

We have problem reaching out to HSBC IP segments from our network and 
using the public WHOIS contact went cold.


Thank you.

Regards,
Edy