[AusNOG] 4G LTE bridges

[Matt Perkins]

Very True.

Take care  selecting a radio to use with a routerboard (or USB stick) 
make sure it supports LTE native and does not have to go via a virtual 
serial port/ppp. The performance hit is significant.  There's a cheat 
sheet on the Mikrotik site for which radios work but as with all things 
mikrotik. You sometimes need to do the firmware shuffle.

Matt



On 1/07/2016 10:27 AM, Nick Kamenyitzky wrote:
> As long as you don't need B28 700MHz LTE then that device should be ok 
> for Telstra.  Check what frequencies are in your area and then make 
> your decision.  I believe there are other Mikrotik devices that have 
> mini PCIe slots so you can install the module of your choice from 
> Netgear/Sierra (with support for all bands).
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Nick Kamenyitzky
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> On 1 July 2016 at 10:24, Nathan Brookfield 
> <Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au 
> <mailto:Nathan.Brookfield at simtronic.com.au>> wrote:
>
>     +1 great device.
>
>
>     Kindest Regards,
>
>     Nathan Brookfield (VK2NAB)
>
>     Chief Executive Officer
>
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>     *From:* AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>     <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>> on behalf of Matt
>     Perkins <matt at spectrum.com.au <mailto:matt at spectrum.com.au>>
>     *Sent:* Friday, 1 July 2016 10:17 AM
>     *To:* ausnog at lists.ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>     *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] 4G LTE bridges
>     These work very well.
>
>     http://shop.duxtel.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=402
>     http://routerboard.com/RBSXTLTE3-7
>
>     Matt.
>
>
>     On 1/07/2016 10:12 AM, Jay Dixon wrote:
>>     Hi all,
>>     Can anyone recommend a good 4G bridge for use in an enterprise
>>     environment?
>>
>>     I'm after something along the lines of the Cradlepoint ARC-CBA850
>>     <https://cradlepoint.com/products/arc-cba850> but trying to avoid
>>     using an external USB modem, i just seem to be struggling to find
>>     something that supports the Australian specific LTE bands.
>>
>>     planning to use it purely just as a basic bridge - the smarts of
>>     failover/routing/security etc will be handled by something else
>>     (likely an SRX), currently have a Telstra contract so interested
>>     in those bands specifically but would be nice to support
>>     voda/optus LTE if there's something that will do all the bands.
>>
>>     three questions really...
>>      - does anyone use anything similar they can recommend?
>>      - has anyone used one of the cradlepoint ones in AU and had a
>>     good experience with it?
>>      - am I just chasing a dead end, and will using a USB Sierra
>>     Aircard be fine anyway?
>>
>>     thanks!
>>      -Jay
>>
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