-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 hi robert,
On 10/20/2014 11:17 PM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > never afraid to embarrass myself in public, after a discussion > with a colleague, i want to make sure i understand what it is that > allows a router to advertise itself as something like "3G/4G/LTE" > compatible. > > i want to purchase an openwrt-supported router that lets me play > with both: > > * a raw USB GPS receiver * a 3G/4G broadband modem > > my colleague pointed out that, when looking at advertising > material, one needed to look for the "3G/4G" label somewhere. but i > had assumed that, if i'm going to configure, build and install > openwrt, i have control over all the drivers/modules i'm going to > install, so i can simply add whatever software features i'm going > to need. > > as in, for GPS, as long as a router has a USB port, i can build > openwrt so that it can talk to a USB GPS receiver i just bought: if your usb devices is supported by openwrt i think you can do so. > > http://www.canadagps.com/BU353-S4.html > > the same for a 3G/4G broadband modem -- all i technically need is > a USB port, and i can build and install openwrt with all of the > functionality i need so i can plug in and use, say, a sierra > wireless modem, no? > > one exception -- a board i'm playing with has a PCIe slot, so > obviously, that's another option for a broadband modem such as, > say, > > http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Sierra-MC7700-Mini-PCI-e-3G-HSPA-LTE-100MBP-Wireless-WWAN-WLAN-Card-GPS-Unlocked-/111045288092 > > but other than that, as long as the router i select has a USB > port, is there anything else *physically* about a router that would > make it incapable of what i want to do? am i making sense? there are some tp-link models which claim to support g3/g4 and yes the only reason why they say so is their usb port which can be used to plug in a usb-g3/g4-modem, as you thought. i heared aslo of some wireless routes which have also a sim-card-slot and a build-in modem, but some of these models also are supported by openwrt... so yeah i think in your discussion you have a valid point. > > rday > good fight, good night, bernd - -- Bernd Naumann <[email protected]> PGP: 0xA150A04F via pool.sks-keyservers.net XMPP: [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJURapIAAoJEEYW3OihUKBPx5YP/0TCpgd8nOWRl2c6G7qOljKA 1EDF9XsanOlwXc6sySFSYubvNT9oe7wJfonMSGDdrihOIXO0uCWPrT3ozLycHUh2 pQxLrNQWoTm9Ro4bdFeIXWPddEsSEQlffa7krTthEwsuEGx13vODhC76jOPexsMf ul9hHju1jwMW2MHp+mnQ5m22jzula3PYJC4pBAGaB81ACs0S1eHS8OfR+stjJqb2 Y3NlC4SxWTg/knFkAsKMKrLWKMLRG1j0LENSpnvlFo1/kvat77XCwbVTJ5obUh/u WzIsHDuLbUyfawcl7FCHh21YrTZ0HEkkdHM1u97adpeLg3tD1E1cu/j2JM0mR/uX VTFSSOt/ren3xTx/qwbX3JelfhEt2IEoPHD2F1opSmzpAfl6RIU99nMHNJvq+ERs 0YjNb0B+vIoADDNT/aK763Fg9q833TCkoA5cBKZOqbGTY/TYefqJLFJtZC2mK6aT gJBe0hoPy57XiKZSSux0Zrh/sn69eFk/lkRez7uT1bN+7I0nne8a8jwwZDM6vPur ++o+dUUwN+xr0eOo8BaKFz5hsznknRdXQ/ZClbj/x3Gxc3WjX2SHq2ecN5pgRigI 4WHCaXZgpec+RQZDrEUXEPyUQZv8kEeqd5m852+PeCfiHXkuW9TNAHtD4ynRgS0j A9gvdKpxj2fp4DnNIbI/ =OJhN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
