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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Except that it won’t implement a bridge between LTE network and Ethernet (if that’s what you want)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>If it’s a public routable address on your Ethernet device that you’re after, you’ll need to implement an extra step with the SXT-LTE like make a tunnel between the LTE side and some cloud router, then bridge that tunnel to the Ethernet interface – so you can run pppoe client on the connected device, for example, connected to some cloud-based pppoe server.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>There are a few MikroTik-based alternatives that implement a similar functional result as SXT-LTE using miniPCI-e modems (as already suggested by others ;) but these will have similar limitation from perspective of bridge functionality :-}<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Happy to explain further if anyone asks ;)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><br>Cheers!<br><br>Mike.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Perkins<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 1 July 2016 10:17 AM<br><b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] 4G LTE bridges<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>These work very well. <br><br><a href="http://shop.duxtel.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=402">http://shop.duxtel.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=402</a><br><a href="http://routerboard.com/RBSXTLTE3-7">http://routerboard.com/RBSXTLTE3-7</a><br><br>Matt.<br><br><br>On 1/07/2016 10:12 AM, Jay Dixon wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Can anyone recommend a good 4G bridge for use in an enterprise environment?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm after something along the lines of the Cradlepoint <a href="https://cradlepoint.com/products/arc-cba850">ARC-CBA850</a> 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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>three questions really...<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> - does anyone use anything similar they can recommend?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> - has anyone used one of the cradlepoint ones in AU and had a good experience with it?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> - am I just chasing a dead end, and will using a USB Sierra Aircard be fine anyway?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>thanks!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> -Jay<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>AusNOG mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>/* Matt Perkins <o:p></o:p></pre><pre> Direct 1300 137 379 Spectrum Networks Ptd. 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