Hi all, I have a MikroTik RB951G-2HnD at the moment. I've recently moved to a new location where no ADSL or WDSL is available. This essentially leaves me with two options - satellite, or 4G. I was considering 4G for the moment at least. My question is largely twofold: 1. Has anyone got a tested USB 4G modem/card/etc that they can say definitely works well with the MikroTik? Don't want to fork out some money and find out it doesn't :) 2. Can anyone confirm a provider/plan that works well with this? I am considering Optus's "$70 My Mobile Broadband Plus" or, more reluctantly, buying their "Home Wireless Broadband" plan for 200GB a month, but, I have to then buy the Huawei E5186 modem. I couldn't find any definitive advice if we can bridge the E5186 and get the MikroTik to do the dialing. I'd rather avoid double-NAT'ing if I can. Otherwise, I guess I could pull the SIM out and stick it in a known working modem - but that seems awfully expensive for not much. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks, -Stephen
Hi Stephen, If you can deal with 10Mbit, I would recommend Vivid Wireless if you have coverage. You will need to double NAT - however it's $89.00/month for unlimited data. Not a bad deal if you ask me. One of the blokes in the office have two units to replace 2Mbit DSL and say it works quite well. Failing this, I'd look at the SXT LTE (I am about to order one for backup internet at home) and just throw a data sharing Telstra simcard in. Nick
I've had good success with a Mikrotik RB SXT LTE - the only caveat is that it only supports certain 4G bands which may/may not be available at your location. Another option that has been rock solid for me is the Sierra MC7304 (mini-PCIe card) inside a DUXCEL-OUT kit from Duxtel. I've never had great experiences with the USB dongles and tend to avoid them if I possibly can. -----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Stephen Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2016 12:13 PM To: public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Subject: [MT-AU Public] Tested 4G Combinations Hi all, I have a MikroTik RB951G-2HnD at the moment. I've recently moved to a new location where no ADSL or WDSL is available. This essentially leaves me with two options - satellite, or 4G. I was considering 4G for the moment at least. My question is largely twofold: 1. Has anyone got a tested USB 4G modem/card/etc that they can say definitely works well with the MikroTik? Don't want to fork out some money and find out it doesn't :) 2. Can anyone confirm a provider/plan that works well with this? I am considering Optus's "$70 My Mobile Broadband Plus" or, more reluctantly, buying their "Home Wireless Broadband" plan for 200GB a month, but, I have to then buy the Huawei E5186 modem. I couldn't find any definitive advice if we can bridge the E5186 and get the MikroTik to do the dialing. I'd rather avoid double-NAT'ing if I can. Otherwise, I guess I could pull the SIM out and stick it in a known working modem - but that seems awfully expensive for not much. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks, -Stephen _______________________________________________ Public mailing list Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au
Repost from previous discussions: The Telstra prepaid ZTE MF823 (~$50) does indeed work on my 751G and 2011 box using firmware 6.27. Some things to note to have it work in a straightforward mode: * The Mikrotik knows how to set up the right USB IDS's to get the ethernet USB interface going. * It also knows to tell the modem to connect to the network. * Use a DHCP client on the LTE1 interface with default route and Peer DNS set. * The DHCP client gives you an address of 192.168.0.182/24 and the modem is 192.168.0.1. * I used used SRC NAT to the 192.168.0/24 subnet. The modem runs Linux on ARM internally so you can log into it with telnet and change the default subnet on the modem apparently. Telstra have disabled or hidden these settings in the web menu on 192.168.0.1. * Be wary of the triple NAT in effect and any consequences: Internet <| 10/8 Telstra <| Modem 192.168.0/24 <| Your network * As per the Mikrotik Wiki cold power the 2011 when plugging in the modem otherwise LTE1 doesn't come up properly. This wasn't an issue on the 751G. * Disabling then reenabling the LTE1 interface brings it up briefly then it disables itself again. Only a plugging cycle fixes this. * Make sure the main router power supply can drive your router and the full 2.5W to the USB port. * This message is coming to you via the LTE1 interface on my 2011. I have yet to use it for days at a time so I can't say if it's reliable but it seems to work well enough as a backup if your main broadband connection kacks itself. On 26 October 2016 at 12:35, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
I've had good success with a Mikrotik RB SXT LTE - the only caveat is that it only supports certain 4G bands which may/may not be available at your location.
Another option that has been rock solid for me is the Sierra MC7304 (mini-PCIe card) inside a DUXCEL-OUT kit from Duxtel.
I've never had great experiences with the USB dongles and tend to avoid them if I possibly can.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Stephen Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2016 12:13 PM To: public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Subject: [MT-AU Public] Tested 4G Combinations
Hi all,
I have a MikroTik RB951G-2HnD at the moment. I've recently moved to a new location where no ADSL or WDSL is available. This essentially leaves me with two options - satellite, or 4G. I was considering 4G for the moment at least.
My question is largely twofold:
1. Has anyone got a tested USB 4G modem/card/etc that they can say definitely works well with the MikroTik? Don't want to fork out some money and find out it doesn't :)
2. Can anyone confirm a provider/plan that works well with this? I am considering Optus's "$70 My Mobile Broadband Plus" or, more reluctantly, buying their "Home Wireless Broadband" plan for 200GB a month, but, I have to then buy the Huawei E5186 modem.
I couldn't find any definitive advice if we can bridge the E5186 and get the MikroTik to do the dialing. I'd rather avoid double-NAT'ing if I can. Otherwise, I guess I could pull the SIM out and stick it in a known working modem - but that seems awfully expensive for not much.
Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks,
-Stephen
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Hi Stephen, we use RB951Ui-2nD for out of band installs and they work well with the Sierra Wireless U320 USB Modem, we pickup the modems on Ebay for about $40 each, sometimes less. We plug them into the USB port on the router, they present as an LTE port and you just setup a DHCP client on that interface and it works well. We only use for out of band so I can't comment on the speeds we achieve, but these are on the Telstra 4G network and we use the telstra.extranet APN then VPN to our DC. Regards Paul -----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Stephen Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2016 12:13 PM To: public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Subject: [MT-AU Public] Tested 4G Combinations Hi all, I have a MikroTik RB951G-2HnD at the moment. I've recently moved to a new location where no ADSL or WDSL is available. This essentially leaves me with two options - satellite, or 4G. I was considering 4G for the moment at least. My question is largely twofold: 1. Has anyone got a tested USB 4G modem/card/etc that they can say definitely works well with the MikroTik? Don't want to fork out some money and find out it doesn't :) 2. Can anyone confirm a provider/plan that works well with this? I am considering Optus's "$70 My Mobile Broadband Plus" or, more reluctantly, buying their "Home Wireless Broadband" plan for 200GB a month, but, I have to then buy the Huawei E5186 modem. I couldn't find any definitive advice if we can bridge the E5186 and get the MikroTik to do the dialing. I'd rather avoid double-NAT'ing if I can. Otherwise, I guess I could pull the SIM out and stick it in a known working modem - but that seems awfully expensive for not much. Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks, -Stephen _______________________________________________ Public mailing list Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au
I can confirm that with current routerboard firmware the telstra 4g E8372 prepaid works like a dream on RB2011 On 26 October 2016 at 15:52, Paul Julian <paul@oxygennetworks.com.au> wrote:
Hi Stephen, we use RB951Ui-2nD for out of band installs and they work well with the Sierra Wireless U320 USB Modem, we pickup the modems on Ebay for about $40 each, sometimes less.
We plug them into the USB port on the router, they present as an LTE port and you just setup a DHCP client on that interface and it works well.
We only use for out of band so I can't comment on the speeds we achieve, but these are on the Telstra 4G network and we use the telstra.extranet APN then VPN to our DC.
Regards Paul
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Stephen Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2016 12:13 PM To: public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Subject: [MT-AU Public] Tested 4G Combinations
Hi all,
I have a MikroTik RB951G-2HnD at the moment. I've recently moved to a new location where no ADSL or WDSL is available. This essentially leaves me with two options - satellite, or 4G. I was considering 4G for the moment at least.
My question is largely twofold:
1. Has anyone got a tested USB 4G modem/card/etc that they can say definitely works well with the MikroTik? Don't want to fork out some money and find out it doesn't :)
2. Can anyone confirm a provider/plan that works well with this? I am considering Optus's "$70 My Mobile Broadband Plus" or, more reluctantly, buying their "Home Wireless Broadband" plan for 200GB a month, but, I have to then buy the Huawei E5186 modem.
I couldn't find any definitive advice if we can bridge the E5186 and get the MikroTik to do the dialing. I'd rather avoid double-NAT'ing if I can. Otherwise, I guess I could pull the SIM out and stick it in a known working modem - but that seems awfully expensive for not much.
Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks,
-Stephen
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Thanks all for the replies - I have read them all, but won't respond to each individually (too much clutter). I think for the short term, I'll be going with Vivid Wireless, but when I eventually look at the WDSL for a permanent solution, I'll pick one of the USB or breakout cards for a backup internet connection. Thanks again! On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Stephen wrote:
Hi all,
I have a MikroTik RB951G-2HnD at the moment. I've recently moved to a new location where no ADSL or WDSL is available. This essentially leaves me with two options - satellite, or 4G. I was considering 4G for the moment at least.
My question is largely twofold:
1. Has anyone got a tested USB 4G modem/card/etc that they can say definitely works well with the MikroTik? Don't want to fork out some money and find out it doesn't :)
2. Can anyone confirm a provider/plan that works well with this? I am considering Optus's "$70 My Mobile Broadband Plus" or, more reluctantly, buying their "Home Wireless Broadband" plan for 200GB a month, but, I have to then buy the Huawei E5186 modem.
I couldn't find any definitive advice if we can bridge the E5186 and get the MikroTik to do the dialing. I'd rather avoid double-NAT'ing if I can. Otherwise, I guess I could pull the SIM out and stick it in a known working modem - but that seems awfully expensive for not much.
Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks,
-Stephen
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