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saint:
I have a temperamental firewall I can't replace right now due to budget. Occasionally locks up. I need a remote access device that can:

1. Allow me to connect via modem or network
2. Access the firewall through a serial console
3. Power off/on the firewall

Any suggestions?

ChadTower:

Need more info like capacity scale etc.  How many subnets?  Are we talking your house or your job?

ChadTower:

Not if he has to manage it while he's not at his house.

saint:
Single device, single subnet, located at work. Want to be able to power cycle it from home if needed. Firewall appliance has a serial console port as well as normal keyboard/video/mouse.

If the firewall appliance locks up, its KVM and ethernet connections are no good. Its serial port may still be viable depending on how badly it's locked up.

So - I can still VPN into my network if that firewall is locked up. That means if I had a device plugged into the firewall's serial port and power, I could first try to safely reboot the firewall via the console login. If that's hosed, I'll have to remotely power off/on.

So the device I want to hook up needs to have network connectivity for when I can VPN in to the network, and dial up connectivity in case I can't VPN in for some reason.

ChadTower:

Hrm.  It's the power cycling that complicates it... maybe you could put that appliance on a UPS that allows you to remotely power cycle?  Then you could just put a standard PC there for "remote" management.

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