USB lte/ppp hardware minus nat
Hi All, As many of you on this list may of experienced, a typical USB LTE modem done by Huawei (i.e E3372 or E8372) has a fun feature called ‘hilink’ which makes it near-impossible to expose the WAN IP directly from the Mikrotik (nat you can’t disable), I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at forums/learning russian to force it into ‘stick mode’ which would allow just basic ppp but I have not been successful (flashing the stickmode firmware fails when your modem is at a certain hilink version – plus it’s a huge list to get it there so not very feasible if were selling these often)… So my question is. Does anyone have a USB LTE modem working in Mikrotik without the NAT/DMZ/router mode? Whether it be a ppp interface or LTE. We are aware of the newer wAP LTE Kit and have a few of them out working perfectly (Thanks DuxTel & Mike!) in passthrough mode for failover but we want to see what options are there for USBs. We have an Optus layer 2 setup so we chuck our IPs on it. https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Peripherals is a good list; but a modem that’s listed as ‘working’ may still have the double NAT situation so we are hesitant to go out and buy 10 different USB modems to see which works. Thanks, Aaron
Have a look from my earlier posts but I have had the Telit LE910 mini-PCIe module (which is also B28/700MHz capable) from Glyn working in PPP mode. The module I had is only CAT1 (10/5) speed. I'll need to get back to testing it some more. Even though the module is approved for Australia Mike warns you still need to approve the whole kit that the module fits into. A bit onerous considering it's still USB and really a USB stick in another package - but because it goes inside approvals need to be done. I need to do some more work with the LE910 to try get it working in LTE or USB-eth mode, not just USB-serial over which PPP works. On Mon, 24 Jun 2019, at 10:32, Aaron Chidiac wrote:
Hi All,
As many of you on this list may of experienced, a typical USB LTE modem done by Huawei (i.e E3372 or E8372) has a fun feature called ‘hilink’ which makes it near-impossible to expose the WAN IP directly from the Mikrotik (nat you can’t disable), I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at forums/learning russian to force it into ‘stick mode’ which would allow just basic ppp but I have not been successful (flashing the stickmode firmware fails when your modem is at a certain hilink version – plus it’s a huge list to get it there so not very feasible if were selling these often)…
So my question is. Does anyone have a USB LTE modem working in Mikrotik without the NAT/DMZ/router mode? Whether it be a ppp interface or LTE.
We are aware of the newer wAP LTE Kit and have a few of them out working perfectly (Thanks DuxTel & Mike!) in passthrough mode for failover but we want to see what options are there for USBs. We have an Optus layer 2 setup so we chuck our IPs on it.
https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Peripherals is a good list; but a modem that’s listed as ‘working’ may still have the double NAT situation so we are hesitant to go out and buy 10 different USB modems to see which works.
Thanks, Aaron
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Hi Aaron, We use the Sierra Wireless USB 320 modems, picked up on ebay for about $40 or so, they just show as an LTE interface, then you setup DHCP on that interface so you could bridge it through to another device if you needed as well I suppose. Regards Paul -----Original Message----- From: Public <public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au> On Behalf Of Aaron Chidiac Sent: Monday, 24 June 2019 10:31 AM To: Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Subject: [MT-AU Public] USB lte/ppp hardware minus nat Hi All, As many of you on this list may of experienced, a typical USB LTE modem done by Huawei (i.e E3372 or E8372) has a fun feature called ‘hilink’ which makes it near-impossible to expose the WAN IP directly from the Mikrotik (nat you can’t disable), I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at forums/learning russian to force it into ‘stick mode’ which would allow just basic ppp but I have not been successful (flashing the stickmode firmware fails when your modem is at a certain hilink version – plus it’s a huge list to get it there so not very feasible if were selling these often)… So my question is. Does anyone have a USB LTE modem working in Mikrotik without the NAT/DMZ/router mode? Whether it be a ppp interface or LTE. We are aware of the newer wAP LTE Kit and have a few of them out working perfectly (Thanks DuxTel & Mike!) in passthrough mode for failover but we want to see what options are there for USBs. We have an Optus layer 2 setup so we chuck our IPs on it. https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Peripherals is a good list; but a modem that’s listed as ‘working’ may still have the double NAT situation so we are hesitant to go out and buy 10 different USB modems to see which works. Thanks, Aaron _______________________________________________ Public mailing list Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au
Thanks Paul and Jason, I've had a look through and the sierra wireless might be my best bet for now - bummer its missing 700mhz and 2300mhz ☹ . Were staying away from the Frankenstein mini-pcie route for now as the wAP LTE Kit has us covered. The newer wAP ac LTE kit might be the go for an all in one solution (2 ethernet ports 😃 )... I think it would need to go through Australian certification, which I guess mike isn't too keen on doing again - understandably so. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Mikrotik magically released a LTE USB modem that had all aussie bands covered.... a man can dream... Regards, Aaron Chidiac -----Original Message----- From: Public <public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au> On Behalf Of Paul Julian Sent: Monday, 24 June 2019 11:38 AM To: 'MikroTik Australia Public List' <public@talk.mikrotik.com.au> Subject: Re: [MT-AU Public] USB lte/ppp hardware minus nat Hi Aaron, We use the Sierra Wireless USB 320 modems, picked up on ebay for about $40 or so, they just show as an LTE interface, then you setup DHCP on that interface so you could bridge it through to another device if you needed as well I suppose. Regards Paul -----Original Message----- From: Public <public-bounces@talk.mikrotik.com.au> On Behalf Of Aaron Chidiac Sent: Monday, 24 June 2019 10:31 AM To: Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au Subject: [MT-AU Public] USB lte/ppp hardware minus nat Hi All, As many of you on this list may of experienced, a typical USB LTE modem done by Huawei (i.e E3372 or E8372) has a fun feature called ‘hilink’ which makes it near-impossible to expose the WAN IP directly from the Mikrotik (nat you can’t disable), I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at forums/learning russian to force it into ‘stick mode’ which would allow just basic ppp but I have not been successful (flashing the stickmode firmware fails when your modem is at a certain hilink version – plus it’s a huge list to get it there so not very feasible if were selling these often)… So my question is. Does anyone have a USB LTE modem working in Mikrotik without the NAT/DMZ/router mode? Whether it be a ppp interface or LTE. We are aware of the newer wAP LTE Kit and have a few of them out working perfectly (Thanks DuxTel & Mike!) in passthrough mode for failover but we want to see what options are there for USBs. We have an Optus layer 2 setup so we chuck our IPs on it. https://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Peripherals is a good list; but a modem that’s listed as ‘working’ may still have the double NAT situation so we are hesitant to go out and buy 10 different USB modems to see which works. Thanks, Aaron _______________________________________________ Public mailing list Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au _______________________________________________ Public mailing list Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au
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