Offshore equipment remote access
Give shore-based teams a practical way to connect to offshore systems over your existing internet service.
WireGress provides managed connectivity, a dedicated public IPv4 address, and optional inbound access for approved services. Connect a compatible offshore router or gateway to WireGress to support remote diagnostics, equipment monitoring, and business applications—even when the satellite connection uses carrier-grade NAT.
Uses your existing satellite or other internet service. Requires a compatible, configured router or gateway.
An offshore platform, remote buoy, or monitoring station may have internet access without offering a direct route back to its equipment.
Carrier-grade NAT, or CGNAT, places multiple subscribers behind shared public IPv4 addresses. Ordinary port forwarding on the local router cannot, by itself, make an offshore device reachable through the provider's CGNAT.
Changing internet addresses create another problem: shore-side firewalls and vendor systems may require a consistent source IP before they accept connections.
For operations teams, these limitations can complicate troubleshooting, delay vendor support, and increase dependence on someone being physically present.
Your satellite or other connectivity provider continues to supply internet access. WireGress operates over that connection.
A customer-managed device at the offshore site establishes an outbound WireGuard tunnel to the managed WireGress gateway. Because the connection starts offshore, the design can work through CGNAT when the provider permits the required outbound traffic.
WireGress provides the managed service and connection configuration. Your team or integration partner supplies and configures the compatible router, gateway, or standard WireGuard implementation.
Route the applications or networks that need a stable identity through WireGress. Their internet-bound traffic uses your dedicated public IPv4 address, which approved shore-side services can add to their allowlists.
Where required, arrange inbound access through the WireGress public endpoint to selected services behind the offshore gateway. This requires agreed routing, firewall rules, and service mappings.
A dedicated public IPv4 address does not automatically expose equipment. Access should be limited to the systems, sources, and ports your team approves.
Let authorized technicians reach an approved maintenance host or diagnostic interface to investigate faults before deciding whether an offshore visit is necessary.
Send weather, oceanographic, or water-quality measurements to shore-side systems that require a known source IP.
Connect a segregated monitoring gateway or historian to an approved data platform without exposing individual controllers directly.
Make selected camera or recording services available for authorized review, subject to uplink capacity and configured access rules.
Provide a defined connection path to a maintenance gateway, with access enabled and removed according to your operating procedures.
These are deployment examples. Equipment protocols, bandwidth requirements, and access policies determine suitability.
Give approved outbound applications a dedicated public IPv4 address instead of relying on the satellite provider's shared or changing address.
Support configured remote access without requiring the offshore internet connection itself to have a public IPv4 address.
Help engineers inspect logs, review measurements, and diagnose supported equipment remotely when connectivity is available.
WireGress operates the service-side gateway infrastructure, reducing the gateway maintenance your team needs to perform.
Choose which traffic uses WireGress and which services, if any, accept inbound connections. Keep operational networks segmented according to your security requirements.
Important: Remote access remains dependent on the offshore internet link, local power, equipment availability, and correct configuration. WireGress does not restore a failed satellite connection or eliminate its latency.
Yes, with a compatible deployment. The offshore gateway initiates an outbound tunnel to WireGress. Optional inbound access can then be configured through the WireGress endpoint, subject to provider restrictions, routing, and firewall rules.
The offshore connection does not need its own public IPv4 for this tunnel-based design. It must permit the required outbound connection to WireGress.
No. WireGress supplies managed connectivity and dedicated public IPv4 service over internet access you obtain separately.
No. The deployment uses a compatible router, gateway, or standard WireGuard implementation supplied and maintained by your team or integration partner.
Potentially. A compatible gateway can provide connectivity for devices behind it, so each device does not necessarily need to run WireGuard. Routing, return paths, and firewall policies must be configured for the equipment involved.
No. Satellite bandwidth, latency, congestion, and outages still affect applications. The WireGress route adds a tunnel and a gateway path; performance should be tested with your actual workloads.
Use a controlled maintenance gateway, jump host, or application endpoint where appropriate. A public IP is not an authentication system. Limit access and maintain the protections required for your operational environment.
Tell us what you need to reach, how the site connects, and which teams need access. We'll help assess a WireGress configuration for your equipment and network.