Re: Opengear alternatives that support 5g?

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 4/27/24 07:56, Saku Ytti wrote:

> For me Cisco is great here, because it's something an organisation
> already knows how to source, turn-up, upgrade, troubleshoot, maintain.
> And you get a broad set of features you might want, IPSEC, DMVPN, BGP,
> ISIS, and so forth.

I tend to agree.

Cisco do this very well, and if you are really low on cash and okay with 
acquiring these on the cheap, the open market has tons of deals and 
options from Cisco that have matured over the decades.

> I keep wondering why everyone is so focused on OOB hardware cost, when
> in my experience the ethernet connection is ~200-300USD (150USD can be
> just xconn) MRC. So in 10 years, you'll pay 24k to 36k just for the
> OOB WAN, masking the hardware price. And 10years, to me, doesn't sound
> even particularly long a time for a console setup.

Is a 10Mbps DIA link going for US$200 - US$300 MRC nowadays, excluding 
the x-connect? I'd have though it's now in US$100 range at the very worst.

Or are you looking at an OoB link of more than 10Mbps?

Mark.