Re: Remote access to rack options

That's what I do. I got some used 8 port Digi usb edgeports. I attached
them to my Linux server in the house. Ser2net gives you a tcp port to
serial port just like reverse telnet on a cisco box. I just created a
little shell script that calls whichever device I need. If I type R1 it
executes a telnet to 127.0.0.1 port 3000, etc. Works great and quite
stable. Internally I go directly to the TCP port, externally I ssh to the
server and call the shell scripts.

Michael Kiefer
CCIE# 34420 (R&S)
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On Oct 8, 2012 9:53 PM, "Keller Giacomarro" <keller.g_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> My "access server" is a Ubuntu Linux box with a bunch of USB hubs on it
> connected to cheap USB->Serial adapters. One hole in my firewall is all I
> need to SSH home and connect to any of my routers. If you already have a
> separate access server, no reason you can't just use an old cheap-o PC as
> your SSH jumpbox into your network.
>
> Getting all the VPN stuff working properly eats up study time. SSH is
> simple and easy to setup, assuming you have an old box around. You just
> need text access anyways, right?
>
> My 2c.
>
> Keller Giacomarro
> keller.g_at_gmail.com
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Brian McGahan <bmcgahan_at_ine.com> wrote:
>
> > Why not just configure your access server to listen for telnet at port 80
> > or 443 or whatever port *is* allowed out of your network, and see if the
> > firewall allows it through? If that doesn't work then you can look into
> > VPN solutions or SSH tunnels, etc. but I would first just start with the
> > simplest solution.
> >
> > Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP/Security)
> > bmcgahan_at_INE.com
> >
> > Internetwork Expert, Inc.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > John Pelletier
> > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2012 2:15 AM
> > To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Remote access to rack options
> >
> > I cannot use telnet out of the network I work on to get to my rack at
> > home. I could set up a ASA to terminate a VPN client I would think to do
> > this but is there any other way? Currently I use port forwarding on my
> home
> > wireless router to turn on the rack and telnet to the terminal server to
> > jump off to each device using secure crt. Ideas?
> >
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