[AusNOG] Cisco 3G WIC with Australian 3G providers?

[Olof Kasselstrand]

Hi!

I have some first hand experience with a Cisco 1841 and a HWIC-3G-GSM
module. We use it as a backup line for a customer and it works quite
well. The only real problem we have is the speed and that we need to
have the line always connected. The line will die with out any traffic
from time to time.

The Cisco with it's module cost a fair bit of money too.

// Olof

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 1:41 AM, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve at skeeve.org> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I have a customer with a site emergency… some retarded fellow at Commander
> Centre put through an order which cut off a customers DSL service (converted
> it to OnRamp).  It is outside Sydney and I am not exactly sure what 3G
> coverage is there… I will investigate that later, but I am suspecting NextG
> or Optus only.
>
> But that said.  Does anyone have any experience using the new Cisco 881 with
> 3G or a 1841 with 3G WIC card… and.. what 3G providers have worked or
> miserably failed.
>
> I do know that NextG has massive inbound restrictions, so using it for a
> temporary mail gateway is not going to work.. too many application gateways
> or something… but in this case the customer would be doing an outbound IPSEC
> or PPTP (normal Tunnels need source/destination IP's).
>
> Anyone got any thoughts?  If I figure this out, I would probably keep the
> kit in our library for emergency situations like this.
>
> …Skeeve
>
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