We got tired of driving to remote sites at 3 AM.
So we built the tool we always wished existed.
We have been in your seat. Late nights staring at a terminal, typing the same fifteen commands for the hundredth time. Upgrade weekends that stretched into Monday morning because one switch in a stack decided to boot the wrong image. The 3 AM phone call about a device stuck in ROMMON at a branch office +100km away. Car keys in hand. Rain on the windshield.
We did not build NetGUI because someone told us network automation was a good business idea. We built it because we were exhausted. Exhausted by the gap between what network engineers are capable of and what they actually spend their days doing. Exhausted by the fact that upgrading a Cisco switch requires more steps, more risk, and more manual effort than it should in 2026.
We tried scripting our way out of it. Scripts work, until someone changes a prompt format, or a device returns unexpected output, or a junior engineer runs the wrong version against a production core switch. Scripts have no guardrails. They have no audit trail. They have no rollback. They are nobody's job to maintain except yours.
So we built a platform. One that does the hard parts automatically, keeps a full record of every action, and is safe enough for a junior engineer to run on a Friday afternoon. NetGUI is what happens when network engineers build tools for network engineers, without compromising on the things that actually matter in a production environment: safety, visibility, and reliability.
What we believe
Network engineers are too valuable to spend their days on repetitive tasks.
The people who understand your network architecture should be designing its future, not manually deleting old IOS images one switch at a time. Automation exists precisely so that expertise can be applied where it matters most.
Automation without guardrails is just a faster way to break things.
Every action in NetGUI includes pre-flight checks, step-by-step verification, and a complete audit trail. We designed for the moment things go wrong, because in production networks, things always go wrong eventually.
If only one person on your team can run it, it is not a team tool.
The most dangerous single point of failure in any network team is when critical operations depend on one engineer's tribal knowledge. NetGUI makes complex operations safe enough for every team member, without hiding the details from those who want to see them.
You cannot manage what you cannot see.
Outdated Visio diagrams, spreadsheets full of device inventory, and PSIRT advisories sitting unread in an email inbox are symptoms of the same problem: no single, accurate, always-current view of your infrastructure. NetGUI is that view.
A helpdesk engineer should be able to troubleshoot like a senior network engineer.
When an access point goes unreachable, the first steps are always the same: ping it, reboot it, run a cable diagnostic. With NetGUI, a senior network engineer can grant the helpdesk access to exactly those workflows and nothing else. No CLI access, no risk of accidental changes, no senior engineer pulled away from more important work. The right tool makes expertise transferable. Safely.
Software is only part of the story.
Some problems cannot be solved remotely. When you need someone physically on-site, our field technicians are there.
Hardware Installation
Switch goes down and needs replacing? Our field technicians will come on-site, rack and cable the new hardware, and have it configured and running the same day. No waiting for a third party, no coordinating multiple vendors.
Wireless Site Surveys
Before you deploy a single access point, you need to know exactly where to put them. Our team conducts professional RF site surveys, identifies dead zones and interference sources, and delivers a precise AP placement plan backed by real measurement data.
One box per rack. Every switch reachable, even when SSH is dead.
When you are upgrading a switch and something goes wrong mid-boot, there is only one way back in: the console port. We got tired of watching engineers either drive to the site or give up and wait until morning. So we built a piece of hardware that changes that equation entirely.
NetGUI OOB Recovery Box
Multi-port out-of-band console appliance
It is a small, rack-mounted appliance with a Raspberry Pi inside and multiple serial console ports. You mount one box per rack, run a console cable from it to each switch in that rack, and you are done. From that point forward, every switch in that rack is reachable through the NetGUI platform, regardless of what state the network is in.
If Switch 3 gets stuck in ROMMON at 2 AM during an upgrade, you do not drive to the site. You open NetGUI, select Rack A / Port 3, and you are in the console. You fix the boot variable, reload, and go back to sleep. Four switches, one box, one cable per switch. The platform already knows which port connects to which device.
One box, many devices
Connect all switches in a rack to a single recovery unit via console cable.
Secure by design
The box initiates an outbound VPN tunnel to your NetGUI server. No inbound ports are opened, no firewall exceptions are needed, and no one outside your platform can reach it. The console access it provides is locked to your NetGUI account - authenticated, encrypted, and invisible to the outside world. Having OOB access does not mean having a security hole.
Recovery, not production
Built for emergency access, ROMMON recovery, and image rescue. Nothing else.
Before you start a major IOS upgrade campaign, deploy one OOB box per rack. Think of it as the safety net you hope to never need, but will be very glad you have. When everything goes right, it sits there quietly. When something goes wrong, and eventually something always does, it is the reason you are not in your car at midnight.
See what your network looks like when it runs itself.
Request a demo and we will walk you through every feature, answer every question, and show you exactly what NetGUI can do for your team.
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