[AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

[Beeson, Ayden]

Depending on your equipment, for the Cisco LTE card you might be better off / need to go with the NIM-LTEA-LA

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.

As long as the mobile network is alive, it’s been 100% reliable for a couple of years now, reconnects automatically if there is a network outage etc so it’s doing the job.

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.

Thanks,
Ayden Beeson

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Jamie Lovick
Sent: Monday, 22 May 2017 13:42
To: Mark Tees <marktees at gmail.com>
Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Recommendations for reliable LTE devices

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<mailto: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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