4G Dongle

[jamoor]

Can anyone recommend a 4G modem that can be used in bridge mode?

I have a router setup at work with 2x FTTC connections (with different providers and 2 seperate modems) but am thinking of switching out the failover FTTC to a 4G failover for resilience purposes.


I can find many routers with wifi etc, anyone here have any experience of a wireless 4g device?

 

[#Chri5#]

Is changing your main router an option? Draytek, SonicWall and Watchguard all make routers / firewall appliances which support a USB dongle directly. IIRC, there's also some Draytek models which take a SIM card directly alongside the normal cabled connections.

 

[BigT]

I don't know of one that'll work in bridge mode but you could use any LTE router with an ethernet port to present to the WAN interface of whatever is doing your failover currently. While that'd introduce double-NAT, given LTE is CGNAT anyway (unless going for a fixed IP specialist SIM card) I doubt it'd make a difference to you. I've used a TP-Link MR200 and Zyxel LTE4506 for this purpose. Since you don't use any of the routing or wifi features in this configuration it's not particularly under stress so more than capable. I prefer the MR series because you can replace the antenna with something you can mount externally for a better signal.

If you want cheap as chips but solid then Mikrotik do an LTE router I've seen recommended on here in the network forum but have no direct experience.