they do but it's not direct TCP like I would like (aka dedicated static) but neat none the less, they have a very cheap monthly rate but they per MB rate is very high compared to twilio and others
On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 7:51 PM, Mathew Howard <mhoward...@gmail.com> wrote: > But if Hologram has a way to access the device like Lewis says, there's no > reason to maintain a persistent VPN connection. > > On Jan 31, 2018 8:45 PM, "Eric Kuhnke" <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Slightly more expensive, but t-mobile has plans that are $20-25/mo and > "unlimited" rate limited 128kbps x 128 kbps after that. For a critical site > $20/mo can be worth it. > > $2/mo is not a realistic figure if you're maintaining a persistent VPN > connection, the $ per MB rate for those sort of plans is actually worse. > Just the periodic handshakes and keepalives will eat through 20-25MB in a > month. > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 6:19 PM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote: > >> Interesting...I didn’t know there were plans for $2/mo. That definitely >> makes it worthwhile to have a backdoor LTE connection to towers. >> >> I’ll have to check into that >> >> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 1:30 PM TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: >> >>> Never, but it's not a bad idea to have out of band management? I can get >>> the LTE service for $2 a month + data used (ssh data = zero) >>> >>> TJ >>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> wrote: >>> >>>> Um how often are you loosing contact with your sites to necessitate >>>> this LTE backdoor? >>>> >>>> Seems like a lot of overkill to make routing changes??? >>>> >>>> Am I missing something? >>>> >>>> -sean >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 11:48 AM TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: >>>> >>> Does anyone want to trade a PPTP connection (prefer you are multihomed) >>>>> for the purpose of getting through LTE NAT? AKA I assign you a PPTP >>>>> account >>>>> with a static IPV4 and you do the same, so that if either of our networks >>>>> go down we can use the others to tunnel back thru LTE to preform OOBM >>>>> functions? We can shape @ 1mbps? >>>>> >>>>> This is a simple was around paying high fees for a static IP from the >>>>> wireless carriers that even offer it... >>>>> >>>>> I don't really want to subscribe to some russian vpn service if I >>>>> don't have to, or pay some cloud based OOBM company which will both cost >>>>> way big$$$ >>>>> >>>>> TJ >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 10:32 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> You can use PPTP through NAT on LTE. You can assign a static private >>>>>> IP to both ends of that tunnel. >>>>>> If PPTP won't pass something you need, you can run an EoIP tunnel >>>>>> using the PPTP IP's as the endpoints of the EoIP tunnel. You end up >>>>>> with a >>>>>> tunnel inside of a tunnel. It'll have a lowish real MTU, but you can >>>>>> pass >>>>>> 1500 bytes within the EoIP tunnel and it'll just be fragmented. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>>>> From: "TJ Trout" <t...@voltbb.com> >>>>>> To: af@afmug.com >>>>>> Sent: 1/31/2018 12:51:40 PM >>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] OOBE mikrotik >>>>>> >>>>>> I was wanting to add out of band management via LTE to some of our >>>>>> core routers, but I think most/all cellular networks are NAT now so you >>>>>> cannot access your LTE devices inbound unless you have it tunnel out to a >>>>>> public ip over VPN somewhere right? >>>>>> >>>>>> How is everyone handling OOBE? >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm half tempted to do it via VHF low throughput radios! >>>>>> >>>>>> TJ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> > >