A place I worked at developed a Linux driver for the Sierra card (I know the programmer let me know if you need it) that might work with mikrotik probably better chances paying a pfsense bounty on the pfsense forum to get it working— Sent from Mailbox
On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Chris Hudson <[email protected]> wrote: > I built a Mikrotik cellular 3G/4G/LTE device last year and the Mini-pcie card > that I used was the Sierra Wireless AirPrime MC7700. At the time with ROS 5.x > the drivers sucked bad and wouldn’t stay connected. This week I pulled it > back out and installed ROS 6.13 and so far it has worked good. Unfortunately > I’m in an area with AT&T “4G” and our throughput kinda sucks. I’m going to > take it with me to OKC next time I run up there and see how it works on the > LTE up there. > > > Chris > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of TJ Trout > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 5:47 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] 4g router device > > 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 backup plan with > low monthly costs but high data cost per MB so I would go with a standard > verizon plan and maybe get a refurb cradlepoint MBR1000 on ebay, I have one > and it works great. I'm a 100% mikrotik network as a wisp but can't recomend > for cellular > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <[email protected]> > wrote: > 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 Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Street > Miami, FL 33155 > Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 <tel:305%20663%205518%20x%20232> > > Help-desk: (305)663-5518 <tel:%28305%29663-5518> Option 2 or Email: > [email protected] > > _____ > From: "heith" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, June 6, 2014 5:58:58 PM > Subject: [WISPA] 4g router device > > 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 their > water tanks with camera. The ranch property is leased ground so there is no > standard wireline or wisp in the area and is way out of our service area. > > Has anyone done anything similar to this? From what we gathered it would use > an existing cell plan for the data usage. I also heard that it could be used > on Verizon & Sprint, but AT&T may be an issue. These places all have power at > the tank/pumps, so we were just thinking a ubnt camera and this device, maybe > a small battery backup, but we were just unsure if the router was a viable > product for this application > > Thanks > heith > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > _______________________________________________ > Wireless mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >
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