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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Depending on your equipment, for the Cisco LTE card you might be better off / need to go with the
<b>NIM-LTEA-LA </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We haven’t tested it yet (still waiting to buy it) but I’ve used the 3g EHWIC with a connection before (Telstra) and it works great,
though it’ll be even more than the EHWIC as it’s the “latest” one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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outage etc so it’s doing the job.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Definitely not in the $300 range, but at least its inside the router you are connecting so it’s an all in one solution, you can also
add other WAN connectivity cards for resiliency, and built in VPN is a given obviously.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ayden Beeson<i> </i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jamie Lovick<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, 22 May 2017 13:42<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Tees <marktees@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> ausnog@ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have an idea of what speeds and bands you require?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">While it is a "home" device, for speed, the Netgear AirCard 810S, or Nighthawk M1, is the fastest (LTE CAT 16, up to 1 Gigabit d/l, and 150 Mbit u/l) and supports the most bands (700, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.netgear.com.au/home/products/mobile-broadband/mobilerouters/M1.aspx#tab-techspecs">http://www.netgear.com.au/home/products/mobile-broadband/mobilerouters/M1.aspx#tab-techspecs</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It's probably the only thing that will be in the roughly $300 price range, and is currently only supplied by Telstra.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The next up in price is the Netcomm NTC-140, around the $600-$700 range<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.netcommwireless.com/product/4g-m2m-router">http://www.netcommwireless.com/product/4g-m2m-router</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It only does LTE CAT3 (100/50), but it does cover most of the common bands (except for 700 MHz)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You could also use the Cisco EHWIC-4G-LTE-AU, if your router supports EHWIC's, which do LTE CAT3 in most of the common bands, but they're in the upward of $1100 range.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/interfaces-modules/4g-lte-wireless-wan-enhanced-high-speed-wan-interface-card/datasheet_c78-710314.html">http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/interfaces-modules/4g-lte-wireless-wan-enhanced-high-speed-wan-interface-card/datasheet_c78-710314.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Cradlepoints are upwards of $2000.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jamie<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 22 May 2017 at 12:42, Mark Tees <<a href="mailto:marktees@gmail.com" target="_blank">marktees@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Morning everybody,<br>
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I was wondering what people are using for LTE terminations these days.<br>
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Use case is simply a reliable interface for customer end site backup<br>
links/internet traffic etc.<br>
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At present I have been suggesting using Cradlepoint IBR series hooked<br>
into either Juniper or Cisco gear as they have been pretty reliable<br>
for me.<br>
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Ideally:<br>
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* Something in the $200-300 range.<br>
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* Presents an ethernet port.<br>
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* Takes a SIM directly.<br>
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* Has external antenna's.<br>
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* Optionally supports some variation of IP pass thru, VPN, or GRE.<br>
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The pain point in the past is the various consumer dongles either<br>
dying or requiring me to script something to reboot them when they<br>
drop.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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Mark<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Jamie Lovick <-> IT Consultant <-> AU <-> +61-4-1479-1681</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> -> US <-> +1-8018-4-JAMIE (52643)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""> -> FR <-> +33-9-7073-0340</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New"">Doof.org -> Em <->
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