[AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

[Jamie Lovick]

Hi,

Do you have an idea of what speeds and bands you require?

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):
http://www.netgear.com.au/home/products/mobile-broadband/mobilerouters/M1.aspx#tab-techspecs

It's probably the only thing that will be in the roughly $300 price range,
and is currently only supplied by Telstra.

The next up in price is the Netcomm NTC-140, around the $600-$700 range
http://www.netcommwireless.com/product/4g-m2m-router

It only does LTE CAT3 (100/50), but it does cover most of the common bands
(except for 700 MHz)

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.
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

The Cradlepoints are upwards of $2000.

Jamie



On 22 May 2017 at 12:42, Mark Tees <marktees at gmail.com> wrote:

> Morning everybody,
>
> I was wondering what people are using for LTE terminations these days.
>
> Use case is simply a reliable interface for customer end site backup
> links/internet traffic etc.
>
> At present I have been suggesting using Cradlepoint IBR series hooked
> into either Juniper or Cisco gear as they have been pretty reliable
> for me.
>
> Ideally:
>
> * Something in the $200-300 range.
>
> * Presents an ethernet port.
>
> * Takes a SIM directly.
>
> * Has external antenna's.
>
> * Optionally supports some variation of IP pass thru, VPN, or GRE.
>
> The pain point in the past is the various consumer dongles either
> dying or requiring me to script something to reboot them when they
> drop.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Mark
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