[WISPA] 4g router device

2014-06-06 Thread heith
A while back in Vegas Baltic Networks had a mikrotik router that operated on Verizon or Sprint. We were told it could be used for a back up at a remote site if you lost standard access through your regular network. In the past week I have had 2 ranchers hit me for a solution where they could check

Re: [WISPA] 4g router device

2014-06-06 Thread Bryce Duchcherer
I haven't done it, but it should work. MikroTik has a list of supported 3G/4G modems that should work: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Supported_Hardware#4G_LTE_cards Bryce D NETAGO From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of heith Sent: Friday, June 6, 2014

Re: [WISPA] 4g router device

2014-06-06 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
The Cell data Rate plans can get expensive if that is not an issue, yes this will work. However you can also consider building them a small network using 900mhz eg to view the camera or tie this to their existing internet (home or nearby) . Just a thought. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy

Re: [WISPA] 4g router device

2014-06-06 Thread TJ Trout
I wouldn't recommend a mikrotik for this as they have horrible cellular modem support. If you even find one that is compatible it likely has bugs where 3g might work but 4g doesn't. Cellular is damn expensive but might be doable in this case. The plan with baltic is sprint only and is a true

Re: [WISPA] 4g router device

2014-06-06 Thread heith
Yeah I would gladly do a ptp to current ISP but there is none close. These areas are real desolate. I think data rate price could be ok as they intend to check once or twice day. In fact they live 30 miles away so it’s a pain to check manually or have a neighbor check for them. They could

Re: [WISPA] 4g router device

2014-06-06 Thread TJ Trout
Probably can do this with just a photo, might be an idea to keep consumption down On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 3:46 PM, heith wi...@mncomm.com wrote: Yeah I would gladly do a ptp to current ISP but there is none close. These areas are real desolate. I think data rate price could be ok as they

Re: [WISPA] 4g router device

2014-06-06 Thread Josh Reynolds
I would use a sensor inside the drum. mFI would be able to do this, but you'd want a server to graph the data and display it. That said, if you get him hooked on mFi or something similar, you'll deploy a lot of those for friends of his I bet. *Josh Reynolds* Chief Information Officer

Re: [WISPA] 4g router device

2014-06-06 Thread TJ Trout
and that would use NO data. probably a $2 monthly sprint bill On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 3:55 PM, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote: I would use a sensor inside the drum. mFI would be able to do this, but you'd want a server to graph the data and display it. That said, if you get him