[AusNOG] Ethernet + 4G router recommendations

[Bruce Forster]

Im a big fan of the 819G / 1900+EHWIC.

If you are really pressed for cash... you can get one of these:
http://www.computeralliance.com.au/tp-link-tl-mr3020-portable-wireless-n-150mbps-router/3g-support

get a Cisco 800 / 1900 router place ip dhcp on the tp-link set a route for
your lns via tplink use something like l2tp + ppp or ipsec over it then use
bgp / ospf for failover?
Hardly ideal but if your really struggling on cost i guess its an idea...
My pref would always be to pick the first 2 options the 819G and the
1900+EHWIC...




On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 7:09 AM, Jonathan Thorpe <jthorpe at conexim.com.au>
wrote:

> Another +1 for MikroTik – they’re quite awesome for the price,
> performance, capability and reliability. They make a refreshing change from
> the Cisco 8xx series that they replace and are ideally suited for a small
> business environment.
>
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> I’ve recently set up a few CRS109 and CRS125s doing 4G, firewalling, VPNs
> (IPSEC and OpenVPN) and QoS for a few personal projects and am amazed at
> what you can do with them.
>
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>
> There was bit of a learning curve for me (using mainly Juniper in my day
> job), but there’s loads of documentation and ways of configuring them (CLI,
> web interface, Windows app). It didn’t take long to pick it up at all.
>
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> As noted, the failover (beyond simple gateway/ARP checks) can require some
> scripting, but as Karl mentioned, there are plenty of examples around (and
> clearly a few people around here with some knowledge of them).
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> In my case, I wanted to periodically ping several hosts via each interface
> and prioritise them based on whether it works or not and then do PBR to
> distribute certain types of traffic via each interface under normal
> conditions. This took some time, but I’m very pleased with the results I
> was able to get out of it.
>
>
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> *From:* AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of *Joseph
> Goldman
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 5 November 2014 6:39 AM
> *To:* Karl Auer; ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Ethernet + 4G router recommendations
>
>
>
> Another +1 for mikrotik option, the small units are very versatile for
> their price point, I've had very few reliability problems with deploying
> them as CPE personally.
>
> On 4 November 2014 23:05:16 GMT+11:00, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au>
> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2014-11-04 at 11:53 +0000, Radek Tkaczyk wrote:
>
>  Can anyone recommend a good Ethernet router that can use 4G as backup/failover?
>
>
> Well, depends on how you define "good" but I've used a MikroTik
> RB951-2HnD with a 3G dongle, worked pretty well. Haven't tried a 4G
> dongle. Failover needs a wee bit o' scripting, but there are plenty of
> helpful examples out there.
>
>  A Cisco 1921 with a EHWIC-4G-LTE-G would be perfect, but at a starting price of around $2k,
>
>
> The RB951-2HnD will set you back about $110 delivered...
>
> Regards, K.
>
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Regards,

Bruce
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