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Anything "interesting" i can do with a decomissioned OC200 ?

Anything "interesting" i can do with a decomissioned OC200 ?

Anything "interesting" i can do with a decomissioned OC200 ?
Anything "interesting" i can do with a decomissioned OC200 ?
a week ago - last edited Friday
Model: OC200  
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I have completed my OC200 > OC300 upgrade.  Have to say, the 300 is a significant jump in responsiveness over the 200, especially accessing the web ui over VPN, and it basically doesnt crash or timeout any more....woohoo

So, now i have a spare OC200.  I cant think of any special use-cases for it - sadly it doesnt support the new "cluster" mode so i cant use it as hot-spare on the network :-( 

Realistically, it has little value 2nd hand....

 

Any ideas of something interesting i can do with it ?

Main: ER8411 x1, SG3428X x1, SG3452 x1, SG2428LP x1, SG3210 x1, SG2218P x1, SG2008P x1, ES205G x2, EAP650 x6 Remotes: ER605 v2 x3, SG2008P x2, EAP650 x2 VPN Server: ER7206 v2 Controller: OC300
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a week ago - last edited Friday

I did consider using it as a "manual" backup controller - put it on a different IP, restore the config from my OC300 on it every week, but then i realised the danger of that being that it *could* in theory adopt a device that I might have to factory reset before my OC300 does.....

 

On their own, they dont seem to provide any real function either, as they just tell other hardware what to do.

 

Other possibility is using it as controller on location at a remote site that I have a hard time getting to (150miles away, in a locked room, behind another companies NAT) and giving me cloud access to it.  Benefit of this would be if the VPN goes down, i can still configure the device and get it back online talking to the main site - which I cannot currently do if the VPN fails or a configuration goes bad, downside being its no longer managed by the main controller.

 

Hmmmmmmm

Main: ER8411 x1, SG3428X x1, SG3452 x1, SG2428LP x1, SG3210 x1, SG2218P x1, SG2008P x1, ES205G x2, EAP650 x6 Remotes: ER605 v2 x3, SG2008P x2, EAP650 x2 VPN Server: ER7206 v2 Controller: OC300
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Re:Anything "interesting" i can do with a decomissioned OC200 ?
a week ago

  @GRL NO idea. I have also a OC200 and it is so slow.... I just replaced it for a server and as backup a Docking image. Both are 10x faster.

My Setup:ER-7602 V2.20, OC200, 4x EAP245, 1x EAP225, 1x EAP225-Outdoor, 2x TL-SG2218 and 3x ES205G.
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a week ago - last edited Friday

I did consider using it as a "manual" backup controller - put it on a different IP, restore the config from my OC300 on it every week, but then i realised the danger of that being that it *could* in theory adopt a device that I might have to factory reset before my OC300 does.....

 

On their own, they dont seem to provide any real function either, as they just tell other hardware what to do.

 

Other possibility is using it as controller on location at a remote site that I have a hard time getting to (150miles away, in a locked room, behind another companies NAT) and giving me cloud access to it.  Benefit of this would be if the VPN goes down, i can still configure the device and get it back online talking to the main site - which I cannot currently do if the VPN fails or a configuration goes bad, downside being its no longer managed by the main controller.

 

Hmmmmmmm

Main: ER8411 x1, SG3428X x1, SG3452 x1, SG2428LP x1, SG3210 x1, SG2218P x1, SG2008P x1, ES205G x2, EAP650 x6 Remotes: ER605 v2 x3, SG2008P x2, EAP650 x2 VPN Server: ER7206 v2 Controller: OC300
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Re:Anything "interesting" i can do with a decomissioned OC200 ?
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Hi  @GRL 

 

Other possibility is using it as controller on location at a remote site that I have a hard time getting to (150miles away, in a locked room, behind another companies NAT) and giving me cloud access to it.  Benefit of this would be if the VPN goes down, i can still configure the device and get it back online talking to the main site - which I cannot currently do if the VPN fails or a configuration goes bad, downside being its no longer managed by the main controller.

 

>>>I think this is its best destination. cool

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