USB 4g Dongle - what do I need?

[Mike_J_Smith]

Hi All,

I’m moving house soon and until Sky come to set up the broadband, I was thinking of getting a USB dongle to plug into my router (tp-link vr2100).

Can anyone advise what it is I actually need to buy? Most of the dongles appear to be WiFi routers themselves, but I guess I don’t want that. But would they work still? Any advice on which to get?

plus, the phone reception isn’t great so any ideas on how to boost 4g would be great too.

cheers,

Mike

 

[Haze]

Buy my mikrotik chateau from members market

 

[WJA96]

Buy my mikrotik chateau from members market

Yes, and sell it on when your Sky connection is up and running.

 

[SupraWez]

The portable Wifi dongles work OK, have used them when away from home and no other network was available, it was an O2 pebble from memory.

 

[Mike_J_Smith]

Buy my mikrotik chateau from members market

Unfortunately despite being here for 16.5 years, I’m a long way off the requisite post requirements to access the members area!

 

[Mike_J_Smith]

The portable Wifi dongles work OK, have used them when away from home and no other network was available, it was an O2 pebble from memory.

thanks. My router has a USB port, so I could just plug something like that in do you think?

 

[Haze]

Will probably get it on ebay in the next couple of days

 

[SupraWez]

Have you checked TP-Link support for what dongles are supported on your router?

 

[Mike_J_Smith]

Have you checked TP-Link support for what dongles are supported on your router?

good thinking that! There are only two listed so I got one and will see how it performs.

 

[Mike_J_Smith]

Will probably get it on ebay in the next couple of days

It looks a little overkill for my needs, but thanks anyway.

 

[Turn]

Buy the TP-LINK AC1200 4G+ or similar, then get a SIM for 1 month from VOXI/Smarty or similar.
Return the router when you're done with it, get it from the Rainforest, I think this approach would be most simple aswell.