Connecting to stand alone GXXX's

[rgtrgt]

all,
below is my present procedure & configuration for remote access, back ups & maint.

i have remote sites (NY, CA, MA) that are a mix of g350 & g700's. today i dial a CO lines then ras in. one there i open my emulator to access the "PBX" gui.
to do a back up, i dial in the same way, but i use 3CDAEMON via the weblm to get the files back to my PC.

is there a better way??? i would think that i can order or replace the CO line with a DSL, this way from my PC here in NY i can just telnet to these sites, but what hardware will i need & how & where do i plug everything in????

 

[uzumaki]

NY, CA, MA - on this 3 remote sites, do you have any WAN connectivity? If there is you can perform IP Trunking. However there are license requirements for this.

 

[rgtrgt]

no, i do not, if i did i would definity utilize it. think of these as csi's, not connected to ny network

 

[rgtrgt]

Does anyone have an easier way?

 

[JayNEC]

like you said get a DSL line and connect those gateways to the internet.

 

[rgtrgt]

by doing so, i would connect the DSL to a router, then the gateway into the router. thats ok. now what about remote access, is it still the ras interface first? what about if avaya needs to get in for maint?

 

[JayNEC]

Well, that DSL router is going to have a public internet IP address. In the router you need to forward port 23 and 5023 to the 8300's IP address on the inside ( if you have and 8300). If not, port 23 needs to be forwarded to the G350. Make sure you have a good password. Then you simply telnet to the public IP address of the DLS router and you end up on the 350.
No RAS interface or username is involved.


avaya needs to have a modem and an analog POTS line. I don't know 100% if they will use a simple telnet session, as they have these automated tools that log them in as init and etc that need the modem and correct IP address.

 

[rgtrgt]

thanks Jay great info, what about physically, where would i plug the cable in from the router to the gateway

 

[caspian11]

Avaya supports SNMP alarming through VPN. Have you considered installing small VPN routers in any of these sites? We have a customer that has this and it works well. Either way, it would make your backups/admin of these sites a little easier.

 

[rgtrgt]

c'mon caspian, you know Avaya could care less about warning alarms such as your T-1's going down.

anyway i will try the approach above.

 

[caspian11]

Well, I can't argue with your comments about Avaya, otherwise they wouldn't keep pushing maintenance on customers as they keep laying more and more of the technicians off,(including yours truly), but that's a story for a different day. Make more money as a BP, anyway. But as I said, it would make backups\admin easier.....