Re: Anyone using a cellular modem for RED?? (more)
David Sims <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.security.ipcop.user |
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2015, David Sims wrote: > > > On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 [email protected] wrote: > > > On Tue, December 29, 2015 4:45 pm, Richard Sheasley wrote: > > > I would look at the Cradlepoint routers instead of trying to run a > > > computer for the interface and mess with USB or whatever cellular card you > > > > In my case, I was trying to kill two birds with one stone. The immediate > > need was Internet access out in the woods, with only a laptop and no > > firewall. For this, the Netgear AC791L is perfect; the battery can keep > > the 791 running 24 hours continuously at the maximum data rate. > > > > But, having purchased the 791, I would like also to be able to use it with > > a LAN sitting behind a firewall. > > > > Verizon has G3/G4 routers which appear comparable to the CradlePoint and > > which have ethernet output. Some have a small battery, but they are > > intended to be powered by an AC adapter. > > > > Russ > > > Hi and thanks for responding... > > I have a Sprint Netgear 6100D router ($200) that is less than I > expected... It has buggy firmware and its port forwarding is useless.... > So... I am going to try to set it up as a bridge and feed an IPCop with it > on RED ethernet.... I would ideally like to find and imbedded or plug-in > solution for IPCop directly... There seem to be some interesting > mini-PCI-e cards on Ebay and there is a knowledgable guy who supports > ModemManager, libqmi and libmbim on Linux.... Sprint just wants to sell > phones, so this is gonna require a bit of DIY.... > > Anyone have any experience with the Netgear 341U?? It seems to support > an external antenna, Linux drivers and is Sprint certified.... > Seems like IPCop has a robust modem interface (although I have never used it)... and the glue to include a USB cellular modem in the modem list cannot be that hard. It includes a keepalive function that may be useful. > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ IPCop-user mailing list [email protected] Manage your subscription or unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipcop-user