Hi All, Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results. Regards, Alen
Hi Alen, I have successfully used a ZTE MF823 in an RB951Ui-2HnD It shows up as an LTE interface, however it does not allow access to the 'stats' of the connection. Simply request an IP via a DHCP client on the LTE interface and that is all that was required to make it work. -Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 3:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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Thanks Tim! Feedback is much appreciated. Did you source that one directly from Telstra? Regards, Alen -----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Tim Warnock Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:11 PM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem Hi Alen, I have successfully used a ZTE MF823 in an RB951Ui-2HnD It shows up as an LTE interface, however it does not allow access to the 'stats' of the connection. Simply request an IP via a DHCP client on the LTE interface and that is all that was required to make it work. -Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 3:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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Hi Alen, The person who has it sourced it from office works as a prepaid modem. The then fitted a post-paid sim in it and its been working fine since. I'd look further to see if the type of modem is suitable for your needs as it does present as an LTE interface rather than PPP. It appears to have some kind of busybox based distro running on it and you can actually telnet to the LTE modem and run linux commands on it. -Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 3:14 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Thanks Tim!
Feedback is much appreciated. Did you source that one directly from Telstra?
Regards,
Alen
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Hi Alen,
I have successfully used a ZTE MF823 in an RB951Ui-2HnD
It shows up as an LTE interface, however it does not allow access to the 'stats' of the connection.
Simply request an IP via a DHCP client on the LTE interface and that is all that was required to make it work.
-Tim
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Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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Hi Tim, Thanks for the additional info and definitely worth a follow up. :-) Regards, Alen -----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Tim Warnock Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:19 PM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem Hi Alen, The person who has it sourced it from office works as a prepaid modem. The then fitted a post-paid sim in it and its been working fine since. I'd look further to see if the type of modem is suitable for your needs as it does present as an LTE interface rather than PPP. It appears to have some kind of busybox based distro running on it and you can actually telnet to the LTE modem and run linux commands on it. -Tim
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Thanks Tim!
Feedback is much appreciated. Did you source that one directly from Telstra?
Regards,
Alen
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Tim Warnock Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:11 PM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi Alen,
I have successfully used a ZTE MF823 in an RB951Ui-2HnD
It shows up as an LTE interface, however it does not allow access to the 'stats' of the connection.
Simply request an IP via a DHCP client on the LTE interface and that is all that was required to make it work.
-Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 3:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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A bit of an anti-recommendation here... we've had nothing but problems with the Sierra Wireless 320U units supplied by Telstra - they randomly drop out needing a hard reset to correct and SMS doesn't work reliably (see my post from mid last year - since followed up with Mikrotik who were unable to solve the issue). We've also never been able to get Direct IP / LTE working on them. -----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem Hi All, Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results. Regards, Alen _______________________________________________ Public mailing list Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au
I hassled Mike and staff about this last week. Can LTE modems be made to operate in the serial/PPP/ATcommand mode like their 3G ancestors that do work well on M'Tik? On 27 February 2015 at 17:19, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
A bit of an anti-recommendation here... we've had nothing but problems with the Sierra Wireless 320U units supplied by Telstra - they randomly drop out needing a hard reset to correct and SMS doesn't work reliably (see my post from mid last year - since followed up with Mikrotik who were unable to solve the issue). We've also never been able to get Direct IP / LTE working on them.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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Hi Jason, I've been told the ZTE MF821 can be made to work in 'legacy' mode but you'd need to test to be sure. Thanks Tim.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 5:56 PM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
I hassled Mike and staff about this last week.
Can LTE modems be made to operate in the serial/PPP/ATcommand mode like their 3G ancestors that do work well on M'Tik?
On 27 February 2015 at 17:19, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
A bit of an anti-recommendation here... we've had nothing but problems with the Sierra Wireless 320U units supplied by Telstra - they randomly drop out needing a hard reset to correct and SMS doesn't work reliably (see my post from mid last year - since followed up with Mikrotik who were unable to solve the issue). We've also never been able to get Direct IP / LTE working on them.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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Yes, at least for the Sierra Wireless one - you turn off Direct IP support using /port firmware set ignore-directip-modem=yes and then it can be used in the old PPP method Note though that the speed is limited to ~10mbit if you do go down this route, Direct IP is needed to get the full 4G bandwidth -----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 6:56 PM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem I hassled Mike and staff about this last week. Can LTE modems be made to operate in the serial/PPP/ATcommand mode like their 3G ancestors that do work well on M'Tik? On 27 February 2015 at 17:19, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
A bit of an anti-recommendation here... we've had nothing but problems with the Sierra Wireless 320U units supplied by Telstra - they randomly drop out needing a hard reset to correct and SMS doesn't work reliably (see my post from mid last year - since followed up with Mikrotik who were unable to solve the issue). We've also never been able to get Direct IP / LTE working on them.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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I just received an MF823 Telstra 4G modem. A quick plugin shows the LTE interface comes up right away and DHCP client gets 192.168.0.182. I'll test it more over the next few days. LTE modem info doesn't work as there isn't any serial interface. On 28 February 2015 at 12:16, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
Yes, at least for the Sierra Wireless one - you turn off Direct IP support using /port firmware set ignore-directip-modem=yes and then it can be used in the old PPP method
Note though that the speed is limited to ~10mbit if you do go down this route, Direct IP is needed to get the full 4G bandwidth
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 6:56 PM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
I hassled Mike and staff about this last week.
Can LTE modems be made to operate in the serial/PPP/ATcommand mode like their 3G ancestors that do work well on M'Tik?
On 27 February 2015 at 17:19, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
A bit of an anti-recommendation here... we've had nothing but problems with the Sierra Wireless 320U units supplied by Telstra - they randomly drop out needing a hard reset to correct and SMS doesn't work reliably (see my post from mid last year - since followed up with Mikrotik who were unable to solve the issue). We've also never been able to get Direct IP / LTE working on them.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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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 5 March 2015 at 12:13, Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) < jason@upandrunningtech.com.au> wrote:
I just received an MF823 Telstra 4G modem. A quick plugin shows the LTE interface comes up right away and DHCP client gets 192.168.0.182. I'll test it more over the next few days. LTE modem info doesn't work as there isn't any serial interface.
On 28 February 2015 at 12:16, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
Yes, at least for the Sierra Wireless one - you turn off Direct IP support using /port firmware set ignore-directip-modem=yes and then it can be used in the old PPP method
Note though that the speed is limited to ~10mbit if you do go down this route, Direct IP is needed to get the full 4G bandwidth
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 6:56 PM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
I hassled Mike and staff about this last week.
Can LTE modems be made to operate in the serial/PPP/ATcommand mode like their 3G ancestors that do work well on M'Tik?
On 27 February 2015 at 17:19, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
A bit of an anti-recommendation here... we've had nothing but problems with the Sierra Wireless 320U units supplied by Telstra - they randomly drop out needing a hard reset to correct and SMS doesn't work reliably (see my post from mid last year - since followed up with Mikrotik who were unable to solve the issue). We've also never been able to get Direct IP / LTE working on them.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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Nice work Jason and thanks for the detailed information. Might need to get my hands on one and have a play. Did you source directly from Telstra store or online? Regards, Alen -----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) Sent: Tuesday, 10 March 2015 7:35 AM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem 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 5 March 2015 at 12:13, Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) < jason@upandrunningtech.com.au> wrote:
I just received an MF823 Telstra 4G modem. A quick plugin shows the LTE interface comes up right away and DHCP client gets 192.168.0.182. I'll test it more over the next few days. LTE modem info doesn't work as there isn't any serial interface.
On 28 February 2015 at 12:16, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
Yes, at least for the Sierra Wireless one - you turn off Direct IP support using /port firmware set ignore-directip-modem=yes and then it can be used in the old PPP method
Note though that the speed is limited to ~10mbit if you do go down this route, Direct IP is needed to get the full 4G bandwidth
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Jason Hecker (Up & Running Tech) Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 6:56 PM To: MikroTik Australia Public List Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
I hassled Mike and staff about this last week.
Can LTE modems be made to operate in the serial/PPP/ATcommand mode like their 3G ancestors that do work well on M'Tik?
On 27 February 2015 at 17:19, Thomas Jackson <thomas@thomax.com.au> wrote:
A bit of an anti-recommendation here... we've had nothing but problems with the Sierra Wireless 320U units supplied by Telstra - they randomly drop out needing a hard reset to correct and SMS doesn't work reliably (see my post from mid last year - since followed up with Mikrotik who were unable to solve the issue). We've also never been able to get Direct IP / LTE working on them.
-----Original Message----- From: Public [mailto:public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au] On Behalf Of Alen Orsolic Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 4:06 PM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' Subject: [MT-AU Public] LTE/4G USB Modem
Hi All,
Due to a number of recent enquiries I am seeking feedback as to known working 4G USB modems, in particular Telstra network supported devices. As we don't stock or use any ourselves any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I have canvassed the MikroTik hardware support Wiki, but would appreciate any positive working and in production solution. A number of customers are looking at implementing a failover based product but, current 4G USB modems purchased from Telstra have yielded unsatisfactory results.
Regards,
Alen
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