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Cellular Private LAN

SIM-to-SIM private networking, built in

Put two or more SIMs in the same private subnet. Traffic between them is reflected at the SIMSY network layer and never reaches the public internet. No VPN, no tunnels, no fixed IPs, no infrastructure beyond the SIM itself.

What you get for free

Each endpoint gets a private IP from a configurable subnet
Endpoints in the same VSlice communicate directly, as if on the same LAN
Default-deny for external traffic — inbound from the public internet is blocked
Configurable per VSlice, per endpoint group, per routing policy
Scales from 2 SIMs to enterprise fleets with no topology changes
No VPN, no client software, no tunnels — works at the network layer

Three primitives do the work

Cellular Private LAN is not a separate product — it is what you get when you compose three building blocks on the SIMSY API.

VSlice

A virtual slice of the SIMSY network. Configure subnets, DNS, IP allocation, regional gateway, and routing policy. Endpoints sharing a VSlice can be in the same private subnet.

Endpoint Group

A logical group of endpoints (SIMs) that inherit the same subnet, APN, routing policy, and VSlice membership. The usual unit you manage at scale.

Routing Policy

Where traffic from this VSlice goes. Default-deny for external destinations, allowed routes for the private subnet, and an explicit policy for anything that needs to leave.

Put two SIMs on the same private subnet

Everything below is callable through https://api.s-imsy.com/api/v1 with a Bearer token. Request and response bodies are in the OpenAPI spec — try them live in the interactive docs.

1. Inspect or create a VSlice

The VSlice owns the subnet, IP allocation mode, DNS, and routing policy. Start by listing existing VSlices on your account.

terminal
$ curl https://api.s-imsy.com/api/v1/vslices \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIMSY_TOKEN"

# Each VSlice returns: id, moniker, name, subnets,
# ipAllocationType, dnsMode, dnsServers, routingPolicyId,
# endpointCount, endpointGroupCount, and more.

2. Group the endpoints you want on the same LAN

An endpoint group inherits the VSlice's networking. Assign your endpoints to a group bound to the right VSlice.

terminal
# List endpoint groups
$ curl https://api.s-imsy.com/api/v1/endpointgroups \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIMSY_TOKEN"

# Move an endpoint into a group (full body in the spec)
$ curl -X POST \
  https://api.s-imsy.com/api/v1/endpointgroups/{groupIdOrMoniker}/endpoints \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIMSY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "endpointIds": ["..."] }'

3. Confirm the endpoints see each other

Once both endpoints have come up on the network with the right VSlice, they can address each other directly on the private subnet. No tunnel software, no client config.

terminal — on one of the endpoints
# Find the other endpoint's private IP from the SIMSY portal
# or the API, then:
$ curl http://10.42.0.17:8080/health
{"status":"ok"}

# The traffic stays inside the SIMSY network.
# It does not traverse the public internet.

4. Watch the events

Endpoint-to-endpoint sessions, IP assignments, and routing policy changes all surface as events on the account.

terminal
$ curl https://api.s-imsy.com/api/v1/events \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIMSY_TOKEN"

# Or per-endpoint:
$ curl https://api.s-imsy.com/api/v1/endpoints/{id}/events \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SIMSY_TOKEN"

The network is the perimeter

Sensor fleets that talk to a gateway

Hundreds of sensors all on cellular, talking only to a single gateway endpoint. The gateway is reachable; the sensors are not exposed. No DDNS, no static IPs.

Edge AI inference clusters

Multiple Pis or industrial PCs cooperating on inference, with a shared private subnet for coordination traffic. The orchestrator endpoint reaches them; everything else does not.

OT/IT segregation at the cellular layer

Operational endpoints in one VSlice, IT-side endpoints in another. The segregation is enforced by SIMSY routing — not by hoping a router config does the right thing.

Multi-site connectivity without a VPN

Three sites, ten endpoints each, one VSlice. They behave like a single LAN. No tunnel concentrator, no certificate rotation.

Get two SIMs and try it

Two developer SIMs in the same VSlice is the smallest useful test. Tell us what you're connecting and we'll set up the right group and routing policy with you.

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