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Router Console Ports

Router console ports are meant to allow root access to the router via a dumb terminal interface regardless of the state of the router (unless it is completely dead).

By connecting a UniGuard or Port Authority to the console port you can get remote access to the root level of a router without using the network that the router is connected to. This creates a secondary path to the router outside the bandwidth of the network (out of band management) which needs to be secured without relying on the primary network.

This allows a technician sitting in a Network Operations Center thousands of miles away the ability to restore a router or perform an initialization configuration securely over a standard telephone line even if the primary network is in failure. Without the UniGuard a technician would have to visit the site to perform repairs or initialization.

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