On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 20:12, Daniel Golding wrote:
The biggest problem I've seen with dial-up OOB is reliability. You really need you really need to have a good series of testing scripts to ensure that all the phone lines are working, modems have reset properly, serial ports are ok, etc. Without this, reliability is low.
Although it's perhaps not as reliable as a series of dedicated cicruits to connect various locations, I don't consider an ISDN router with it's Ethernet port connected to a management ethernet port as an unreliable solution. Modems and TA's perhaps, but a series of 2600's or similar devices with basic rate interfaces on each location shouldn't be your biggest worry at the moment you actually need them. CHeers, -- --- Erik Haagsman Network Architect We Dare BV tel: +31(0)10 7507008 fax:+31(0)10 7507005 http://www.we-dare.nl