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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">Depends on the dongle.<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">Some have ports for external antenna(s)<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">Attached to a Mikrotik device, you can toggle USB power to do a hardware restart of the USB dongle<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">Anything can be stolen if someone really wants to.<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">Mikrotiks do have issues with compatibility with random dongles, but it’s sometimes possible to use a wifi enabled mikrotik device
to connect to a wifi enabled usb 4g dongle, and just use the router’s USB port as a remotely resettable power supply. In a pinch it’s surprisingly effective.<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;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>Guy Ellis<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 6 December 2017 1:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] 4G VPN Router<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Personally I would not go near a USB Dongle for the following reasons...<br>
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(i) No antenna diversity<br>
(ii) Difficult to reset - certainly not practical at unmanned sites<br>
(iii) Easily stolen<br>
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On 6/12/2017 12:37 PM, Daniel Bech wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt">You could achieve this with most 4G dongles and a MikroTik router (for example:
<a href="https://mikrotik.com/product/RB750Gr3">https://mikrotik.com/product/RB750Gr3</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#787878">On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 7:36am, Jim Peters <<a href="mailto:jimmy.pete@gmx.com">jimmy.pete@gmx.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Just wondering if anyone had any reccomendations for 4G router hardware (consumer/prosumer) that supported site-to-site vpn. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">i've used some tp-link (mr200) units with ipsec support but the dynamic ip from 4g make this an issue. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">would love to hear your thoughts. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">also fyi. telstra is main carrier, however some optus will be used when coverage is an issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Thanks Jim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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